Ayr Harbour, North Harbour Quay, Lighthouse
Beacon (19th Century)
Site Name Ayr Harbour, North Harbour Quay, Lighthouse
Classification Beacon (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ayr 1; Inner Light; Ayr High Light
Canmore ID 172739
Site Number NS32SW 123.02
NGR NS 33364 22635
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172739
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS32SW 123.02 33364 22635
Leading Light
Occulting Green [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.
(Name cited as Ayr High Light). This little-known tower was designed by Robert Paton, and retains both its original domed lantern of small riveted pieces of wrought iron and the oroginal square glazing. The small dioptric apparatus stood on a simple wooden table; a second lower sector light was provided by a metal reflector. The lower two rooms of the tower were residential and were fitted with nicely finished joinery, but, not long after its erection in 1841, the accommodation was enlarged by the addition of a single-storeyed cottage, providing a much more commodious living-room.
D B Hague 1977.
A bonny little lighthouse, 1841, by Robert Paton, with cottage added c. 1850.
R Close 1992.
(Ayr 1 ('inner light'): location cited as NS 333 227). To E of entrance of wet dock: Robert Paton, 1841. Tall tapering circular-section tower of narrow coursed sandstone ashlar. Raised gallery on corbels. Lantern cylindrical riveted iron, with domed top. Rectangular multi-paned window on seaward side; wooden porch on S side, and stove pipe at rear. Small single-storey dwellinghouse added to E, of sandstone ashlar construction.
J R Hume 1997.
This light apparently formed a pair of leading lights (through the harbour entrance) with NS32SW 123.04.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 May 2006.
