Beacon House, 1 Trinity Buildings, North... © Andrew Curtis

2013

NZ3668 : Beacon House, 1 Trinity Buildings, North Shields

taken 11 years ago, near to Tynemouth, North Tyneside, England

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Beacon House, 1 Trinity Buildings, North Shields

Number 1 Trinity Buildings was built in 1727 as a lighthouse for Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne. It was later converted into almshouses, and now a private house. Eroded plaque between first and second floors commemorates conversion to almshouses after building of new High Light in 1807. In 1536 Henry VIII empowered Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne, to build two lighthouses at North Shields. By 1807 changes in the river bed made a new lighthouse necessary to mark the safe approach and the new High Light was built.
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Geographical Context: Coastal Historic sites and artefacts Housing, Dwellings Suburb, Urban fringe Roads, Road transport Docks, Harbours

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Lighthouse [48] · High Light [23] ·

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Grid Square: NZ3668, 422 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Andrew Curtis (more nearby)
Date Taken: Sunday, 28 July, 2013 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 10 August, 2013
Subject Location: OSGB36: NZ 3611 6845 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:0.5584N 1:26.2152W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NZ 36113 68430
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)