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Detached limestone former navigation beacon, built 1819, converted to lighthouse c.1834 by addition of three upper stages. 15.5m high tapered shaft flaring out at base, painted banded coursed ashlar limestone walling. Lantern walkway supported on corbels, painted wrought-iron balustrade with vertical balusters, faceted lantern, domed roof. Square-headed window openings, curved stone sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Winding cast- and wrought-iron staircase ascending from base level to square- headed entrance door at second stage, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Set on basalt, basalt paving around base, approached from shore at low tide by causeway demarcated by low insitu concrete walls, jetty to south-east.
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