ROKER PIER AND LIGHTHOUSE WITH RAILINGS, LAMP STANDARDS AND PART OF PROMENADE - List Entry

  • Description

    "Pier and lighthouse with lamp standards and railings; short continuation of structure along promenade. 1885-1903. First recommendations by Sir John Coode 1876, amended by River Wear Commission engineer Henry Hay Wake in 1882. Rubble and cement foundation with red and white granite pier and lighthouse; cast-iron railings. Curved plan pier approx 900 metres long, extending from parapet approx 100 metres to N along promenade and from wall in quadrant curve to S. Rock-faced battered red pier walls with ashlar coping of large white granite blocks extend northwards from pier to round-coped parapet on promenade, with railings linking higher sections...."
  • Owner

    Historic England
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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1279906
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 4 years ago
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