The Old Dungeness Lighthouse

The Old Dungeness Lighthouse

The Old Lighthouse is a historically significant Grade II building, officially listed in 1992 by the Shepway District Council.

Opened with great ceremony by His Royal Majesty the Prince of Wales in 1904 after a 3-year build, it survived two world wars before decommissioning in 1960. For 56 years it provided a welcome landlight to vessels negotiating the perils of the English Channel. The Lighthouse features in Nickolaus Pevsner’s “Buildings of Kent”.

This impressive structure stands at a towering height of nearly 46 meters, including the weather vane, has a diameter of 11 meters, and is crafted from engineering bricks with inner walls made of sandstone. The construction of this edifice required the use of over three million bricks.

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