National Trust, Souter Lighthouse

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Ship or maritime heritage site in Tyne and Wear

5 artworks

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Painted in broad bands of red and white, standing on the coast between the Tyne and the Wear, Souter Lighthouse is unmissable. Opened in 1871, it was the first lighthouse in the world to be powered by electricity. It was decommissioned in 1988, but its machinery remains in working order. The contemporaneous Keeper’s Cottage stands next to it and contains a tea room and shop hung with these paintings.

Coast Road, Whitburn, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR6 7NH England

souter@nationaltrust.org.uk

0191 529 3161

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http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/souter-lighthouse-and-the-leas/

Artworks

  • Coastal Scene
    Coastal Scene British (English) School
    National Trust, Souter Lighthouse
  • Coastal Scene with Marsden Rock*
    Coastal Scene with Marsden Rock* Y. Miller
    National Trust, Souter Lighthouse
  • Coastal Scene, with Marsden Rock
    Coastal Scene, with Marsden Rock British (English) School
    National Trust, Souter Lighthouse
  • A Brigantine-Rigged British Steamship
    A Brigantine-Rigged British Steamship R. W. Underwood
    National Trust, Souter Lighthouse
  • Souter Lighthouse
    Souter Lighthouse David T. Smith (1920–1999)
    National Trust, Souter Lighthouse

Artists

  • Bombing Up
    David T. Smith (1920–1999)
  • A Brigantine-Rigged British Steamship
    R. W. Underwood
  • Reverend Frederick John Champion de Crespigny (1822–1887)
    British (English) School
  • Coastal Scene with Marsden Rock*
    Y. Miller
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Venues in Tyne and Wear

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    Byker Community Fire Station
  • Discovery Museum
  • Farringdon Community Fire Station
  • Gateshead Central Library
  • Gateshead Civic Centre, Gateshead Council Art Collection
  • Gateshead Civic Centre, Northumbria Police Authority
  • Gateshead East Community Fire Station
  • Great North Museum: Hancock
  • Great North Museum: Hancock
  • Hatton Gallery