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North Parade, SOUTHWOLD, IP18 6LP

According to the OS benchmark database there is a cutmark located in the same position as the white gas meter box on the wall that joins the 2 properties. It is unknown if the mark survives.

The beach huts here are very colourful.

This part of St James' Green was once the site of the coastgoard station and the original rigged mast was used for signalling. The 18th century barrels of the guns are castings that were recovered from merchant vessels which had foundered in Sole Bay. Southwold is a seaside town on the Suffolk Heritage Coast. Almost an island, it is being bounded by the North Sea to the east, by the River Blyth and Southwold harbour to the south-west and by Buss Creek to the north, and there is only one road leading into and out of Southwold. Despite the Great Fire of 1659, which destroyed much of the town, many buildings of interest can still be seen. The fire created a number of open spaces, now greens, within the town. The town had a narrow-gauge Southwold Railway that connected to Halesworth and ran from the 24 September 1879 to April 1929. It has a lighthouse, a pier, and a sand and shingle beach that is protected by a number of sturdy new groynes. Southwold was the home of a number of Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early seventeenth century. In recent years an increasing number of houses have been bought as second homes, particularly by affluent Londoners.

The white lighthouse towering over the town. There is a large mix of architecture ranging from the small fisherman's cottages to the large mansions and 1960's flats. Construction of the Lighthouse started in 1887. The lighthouse replaced 3 local lighthouses which needed to be replaced. The present lighthouse lit up on the 3rd September 1890. Specifications Established 1889 Height Of Tower 31 Metres Height Of Light Above Mean High Water 37 Metres Automated 1938 Electrified 1938 Lamp 3 x 12v 90 Watt Osram Halostar Optic 1st Order 920mm Focal Length, Catadioptric Fixed Lens Character White And Red Group Flashing 4 Times Every 20 Seconds Range Of Light White Main Light (220°-001°) 17 nautical miles Red Light (204°-220° & 001°-032.3°) 15 nautical miles

For technical specification and history see http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/interactive/gallery/southwold.html

Cliff House is situated on East Cliff, above Southwold Beach. It is a listed building > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2220406. Southwold is a seaside town on the Suffolk Heritage Coast. Almost an island, it is being bounded by the North Sea to the east, by the River Blyth and Southwold harbour to the south-west and by Buss Creek to the north, and there is only one road leading into and out of Southwold. Despite the Great Fire of 1659, which destroyed much of the town, many buildings of interest can still be seen. The fire created a number of open spaces, now greens, within the town. The town had a narrow-gauge Southwold Railway that connected to Halesworth and ran from the 24 September 1879 to April 1929. It has a lighthouse, a pier, and a sand and shingle beach that is protected by a number of sturdy new groynes. Southwold was the home of a number of Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early seventeenth century. In recent years an increasing number of houses have been bought as second homes, particularly by affluent Londoners.

Southwold lighthouse was begun in 1887 by Sir James Douglass, chief engineer to Trinity House. There are 92 steps in the first stage of the ascent.