NHER 7092 (Building record) - Happisburgh lighthouse and associated buildings

October 1978. Visit.
High Lighthouse, 1791. Circular, five storeys each divided by string course capped by narrower lantern. Painted red and white. Set between two bay single storey houses with central chimneys. Was once the only lighthouse to make its own gas.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 October 1978.

Press cuttings (S1) to (S21) in file.

26 August 1997. NLA aerial photography.
Lighthouse and cottages visible.
H. Clare (NLA), 29 March 2001.

September 2004. Norfolk NMP.
Examination of 1940 aerial photographs during NMP mapping showed that the lighthouse and its perimeter wall were painted with a camouflage pattern during World War Two (S22). See also related barbed wire defences (NHER 38770) and pillbox (NHER 15917).
J. Albone (NMP), 1 September 2004.

2007. Condition Survey and Environmental monitoring.
Visual inspection of the structure in order to identify materials, methods of construction and relevant features and primary and secondary defects and their prognosis. Prioritised repair recommendations also made. Environmental monitoring was also undertaken to determine air temperature and relative humidity levels within the lighthouse.
Work commissioned as part of the University of Lincoln Pharos Project.
See reports (S23) and (S24) for further details. See also subsequently produced Conservation Management Plan (S25).
P. Watkins (HES), 27 February 2014.