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Stroove Lighthouse

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Stroove Lighthouse
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Lighthouse on circular plan, erected c. 1837, comprising two-stage cylindrical tower with projecting single-storey entrance porch, with polygonal tower and light added 1870 with signal room over. Projecting stone roof to lower level with metal balustrade on painted corbel stones, cantilevered metal walkway to upper level. Pitched slate roof to porch with carved granite gable copings and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with tooled painted stone plinth course, cast-iron polygonal wall to tower on painted stone base. Square-headed window openings with eight-over-eight horned timber sash windows with painted stone sills and wrought-iron security-bars to lower levels, metal framed windows to tower and signal room. Square-headed door opening with battened timber door with glazed overlight and stone threshold fronted by wrought-iron gate. Corbelled stone stairs with metal balustrade and timber handrail and cantilevered stone floor to interior. Set to south-west of complex with rubble stone walls with carved granite copings to gardens adjoining, stone flag paving to area adjoining. Located to coastal edge of Dunagree point.

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