Survey Data
Reg No
20911619
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Berehaven Lighthouse
Original Use
Lighthouse keeper's house
Date
1845 - 1850
Coordinates
79146, 45899
Date Recorded
05/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay two-storey lighthouse keeper’s house, built 1847. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with ashlar plinth. Square-headed openings with six-over-over timber sliding sash windows and stone sills. Timber battened door approached by flight of steps.
Appraisal
This house was designed by Commissioner for Irish Lights inspector, George Halpin, to accommodate keepers for the adjoining lighthouse. In the early twentieth century additional keepers' dwellings were built on the mainland at Castletownbere. Set in a remote location, the complex is a testament to Halpin's excellent design and the high quality construction which was undertaken by Mr Howard of Limerick more than one hundred and fifty years ago.