NOTES: This is one of two lighthouses at the entrance to Whitby Harbour, designed by Francis Pickernell, who was the engineer to Whitby Harbour from 1822-1861.This, the west lighthouse,and is both the taller (83 feet) and the older of the two.
NOTES: This is one of two lighthouses at the entrance to Whitby Harbour, designed by Francis Pickernell, who was the engineer to Whitby Harbour from 1822-1861.This, the west lighthouse,and is both the taller (83 feet) and the older of the two.
NOTES: This lighthouse was decommissioned in 1902 and sold by Trinity House in 1903. It became a tea house and then a private residence. When bought by a surgeon in 1923, a storey was added and the lantern was turned into a solarium.