Survey Data
Reg No
20912606
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Lighthouse keeper's house
Date
1880 - 1890
Coordinates
40605, 40170
Date Recorded
05/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey lighthouse keeper's house, built c.1885. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings. Various related outbuildings and helipad to site.
Appraisal
Lighthouse keepers’ houses were built on the Bull Rock in the 1880s to service the new light house which became operational in 1889. Previous to the construction of this lighthouse complex, the keepers of the earlier Calf Rock lighthouse had lived at Dursey Sound and boated out to the lighthouse. These houses, along with the lighthouse and the other related structures, provide insight into the functioning of lighthouse complexes until automation was introduced in the latter decades of the twentieth century. The Bull Rock remains a testament to the skill and dedication of those involved in its construction, and a life saver to those at sea.