List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: BEACON HOUSE
TRINITY BUILDINGS NUMBER 1
List Entry Number: 1025356
Location
BEACON HOUSE, TYNE STREET
TRINITY BUILDINGS NUMBER 1, 1, TYNE STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: North Tyneside
District Type: Metropolitan Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 19-Feb-1986
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 303374
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List Entry Description
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History
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Details
TYNEMOUTH TYNE STREET (north side)
NZ 3668 SW
North Shields.
15/126 Trinity Buildings No. 1
(Beacon House)
G.V. II
Lighthouse, later almshouses, now house. 1727 for Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Painted render and brick; Welsh slate roof and lead roof to lead-covered lantern.
4 storeys, one bay square, with later porch; later 2-storey l-bay left extension.
Door in later extension. C20 glazing to windows on each floor and in extension.
Third floor band. Ball finial on ogee-hipped roof of lantern. Eroded plaque
between first and second floors commemorates conversion to almshouses after building
of new high light in 1807. Historical note: in 1536 Henry VIII empowered Trinity
House, Newcastle upon Tyne, to build 2 lighthouses at Shields. By 1807 changes in
the river bed made a new lighthouse necessary to mark the safe approach. Listed
mainly for historical interest.
Listing NGR: NZ3611668451
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Map
National Grid Reference: NZ 36116 68451
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