Portishead Point Lighthouse, which is more commonly known as Battery Point Lighthouse, in Portishead, Somerset, England was built in 1931.
The 9-metre-high (30 ft) lighthouse was built at Battery Point by the Chance Brothers of Smethwick. It was established in 1931 as an unwatched automatic light.[3] It consists of a black metal pyramid on a concrete base.[4]
Originally it had been intended to provide Portishead Point with a diaphone fog signal, but in response to local unrest at the prospect the decision was taken to commission a fog bell instead.[2] The two tonne bell was cast by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon in 1938,[5] and installed the following year.[2] Due to structural concerns the bell was removed in 1998; later, following public campaigning for restoration, the bell was acquired by Portishead Town Council and returned to the town in 2012.[6] It is installed in Wyndham Way close to the High Street.[7]
The lighthouse is maintained by the Bristol Port Company.[8] The light was refurbished in 2012.[9]
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