Kingswear
Kingswear Lighthouse
Chance Brothers Lighthouse
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Date of lens manufacture
1865
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Date of lighthouse construction
1981 (station established 1864).
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Country
United Kingdom
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Commissioning body
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Order of lens
4th order
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Fixed or revolving lens
Fixed
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Active/Inactive
Active
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Describe the character of light
directional light, 1.5 s on, 1.5 s off; white light is shown southwestward over the clear channel, green to the right and red to the left.
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Describe the lighthouses daymarks
4 m (13 ft) round cylindrical tower with a conical lantern mounted atop a large rock on the shore; the lights are shown through a rectangular window in the lantern.
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Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers
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Describe the history of the lighthouse
This is the entrance leading light for Dartmouth. The original lighthouse, an 11 m (36 ft) hexagonal stone tower atop the cliff, was demolished in 1980 because it had become unsafe. Located on the north side of the entrance to the Dart estuary at Kingswear, southeast of Dartmouth. Site open, tower closed.
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Current management body/ ports authority
Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority
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Historical preservation societies/manager/operator
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Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
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Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?
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Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?
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Is the site open/closed to the public
Open
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Is the tower open/closed to the public
Closed
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Latitude and Longitude
50,34715 -3,5682583
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On-site bookable accommodation available
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Associated web addresses
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Other details
ARLHS ENG-311; Admiralty A0236; NGA 0328.
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Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
- Chance Lighthouses (1856-1917) (61 years): azimuthal condensing
- The Lighthouse Work of Sir James T. Chance (APPENDIX): ~Fixed (azimuthal condensing)
Where?
