Orfordness Lighthouse

The first lights in this area were constructed in 1637: a pair of wooden leading lights. he replaced the decaying wooden lighthouses with a pair of brick towers at a cost of £1,850. The lower light, however, went on to be beset by a series of problems: the tower was washed away in 1724; it was replaced by a timber hut, it was likewise washed away, in 1730. Its replacement, a timber tower, was destroyed by fire that same year, as was a second replacement the following year. A new tower was built in 1733. In 1746 the high light was coal-fired, the low light was oil-lit. (the mirrors were replaced by prisms in 1850). In 1839 a novel Bude light was installed in the low lighthouse on an…