Southwold Lighthouse

Chance Brothers Lighthouse Chance Brothers Lighthouse
  • Date of lens manufacture

    1868

  • Date of lighthouse construction

    1890

  • Country

    United Kingdom

  • Commissioning body

    Trinity House

  • Order of lens

    1st order

  • Fixed or revolving lens

    Fixed

  • Active/Inactive

    Inactive

  • Describe the character of light

    Original character: Occ (2) 20s, Last character Fl (4) WR 20s

  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks

    White tower 101ft (31 m) tall

  • Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers
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  • Describe the history of the lighthouse

    Southwold lighthouse was established on 3rd September 1890. An Argand burner provided the light source, and the optic from the former Happisburgh Low Lighthouse was installed.

    An incandescent oil burner was installed in 1906 and petroleum vapour burner installed in 1923. The lighthouse was electrified in 1938.

    Following the decommissioning of Orfordness Lighthouse in 2013, it became necessary to increase the range at Southwold Lighthouse – and a new revolving LED light was installed. The former Happisburgh Low Light optic has now been split into three sections: i) the central drum section and lower prismatic belts are still in situ at Southwold, and form part of the emergency lighting; ii) the top beehive section has been removed, half is on display on the ground floor at Southwold Lighthouse; iii) the other half of the beehive was repatriated to Happisburgh in 2014, and is now on display on the ground floor of Happisburgh Lighthouse.

    More information available at https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/southwold-lighthouse

  • Current management body/ ports authority

    Trinity House

  • Historical preservation societies/manager/operator

    Southwold Millennium Foundation

  • Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
    nu
  • Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?
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  • Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?

    Good condition

  • Is the site open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Is the tower open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Latitude and Longitude
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  • On-site bookable accommodation available
    nu
  • Associated web addresses
  • Other details

    ARLHS ENG-135; Admiralty A2272; NGA 1588.

  • Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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Inactive Chance Lens Inactive Chance Lens
  • When was the lens deactivated?

    2013

added on 19 iunie 2022
Made In Smethwick: Lighthouses Around the World

In the 1800s, Chance Brothers & Co glassworks in Smethwick began making the hi-tech lenses that lighthouses use to warn ships of dangerous locations. By 1951, over 2,500 lighthouses around the world were fitted with a Chance lens.

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