Trevose Head Lighthouse

Trevose Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast at lying to the WSW of Padstow and was sited here as there was previously no light from Land's End to Lundy and would be visible from Cape Cornwall to Hartland Point. After completion of the first tower, it was determined that the light was under certain circumstances liable to be mistaken by mariners. A second lower light was therefore proposed and constructed 50 feet in front of the first light, with a covered passage between them for use by the lighthouse keepers. Only the first built 'high' light now remains. The tower is tall, and has a range of, but, on a clear night, you can just spot the light from Pendeen Lighthouse, over away. These days, the lighthouse is largely used as holiday accommodation. ConstructionDesigned by engineer James Walker the two original lights, 'high' and 'low', were constructed under the supervision of Henry Norris by builders Jacob & Thomas Olver of Falmouth with the Fresnel lens supplied by Henry Lépaute of Paris and the lamp with 4 concentric wicks & frame manufactured by Messrs. Wilkins & Co. of Long Acre.

Trevose Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast at lying to the WSW of Padstow and was sited here as there was previously no light from Land's End to Lundy and would be visible from Cape Cornwall to Hartland Point. After completion of the first tower, it was determined that the light was under certain circumstances liable to be mistaken by mariners. A second lower light was therefore proposed and constructed 50 feet in front of the first light, with a covered passage between them for use by the lighthouse keepers. Only the first built 'high' light now remains. The tower is tall, and has a range of, but, on a clear night, you can just spot the light from Pendeen Lighthouse, over away. These days, the lighthouse is largely used as holiday accommodation. ConstructionDesigned by engineer James Walker the two original lights, 'high' and 'low', were constructed under the supervision of Henry Norris by builders Jacob & Thomas Olver of Falmouth with the Fresnel lens supplied by Henry Lépaute of Paris and the lamp with 4 concentric wicks & frame manufactured by Messrs. Wilkins & Co. of Long Acre.