Building MPM463 - LIGHTHOUSE ON NORTH FACE OF SOUTHSEA CASTLE (SOUTHSEA CASTLE NOT INCLUDED)

The lighthouse at Southsea Castle was built at the request of the Admiralty in the 1820s to help guide shipping into Portsmouth Harbour. The last lighthouse keeper retired in 1927. [1] The lighthouse keeper and his family lived in rooms off the castle's courtyard until 1913. After the last keeper retired in 1927 the lighthouse was operated by an automatic light until it was closed down in 2017. [2] Lighthouse. 1828. Brick headers painted with black and white bands. Door off Western Gallery firing platform. Short round tower with lantern at top, iron gallery and tented roof surmounted by ball finial. The lighthouse is constructed on the north face of the Western Gallery gun platform of Southsea Castle (Scheduled Ancient Monument, not included) which was originally built by Henry VIII and had substantial later alterations, and marks the deep water channel for vessels entering Portsmouth harbour. INTERIOR not inspected. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 78). Selected Sources Books and journals Lloyd, D W , Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 78 [3]