Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00060:reg:2015:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00060
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2015 (pt 5/17)
Character Range: 52069–55478

1846 door opening. Later timber framed and sheeted door with stainless steel vent cover, hung in timber door frame. Secured with hasp and staple and CLS padlock.
Finish:                painted
Condition:             sound
Integrity:             high
Significance:          high
Maintenance:           keep in service
                       prepare and repaint at normal intervals
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The tower door is an essential part of the lighthouse – the original door opening maintains significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Intermediate floors
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Description and condition
Three intermediate landings, of timber boards on rolled iron beams built into the tower walls. (Original intermediate floors at lower levels have been removed when the cast iron stair was installed, but their positions are marked by projecting ledges inside the tower walls).
Finish:                painted
Condition:             corrosion on beam ends
                       otherwise intact and sound
Integrity:             medium
Significance:          high
Maintenance:           keep in service
                       treat corrosion
                       prepare and repaint at normal intervals
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The intermediate floors are an essential part to the lighthouse – they maintain their significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant, pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Stairs
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Description and condition
Cast iron spiral stair integrated with central weight tube/column, rising from the ground floor to a floor two storeys below the lantern floor. The stair structure is free-standing, independent of the stone tower. Cast iron treads/riser units with lattice treads are bolted to one another and to the weight tube, the connecting bolts extend vertically as balusters supporting a wrought iron handrail on the outside of the flight. A separate flight of stairs, with a wrought iron outer string, leads from the lower intermediate floor to the one below the lantern floor.
Finish:               painted
Condition:            intact and sound
Integrity:            high
Significance:         high
Maintenance:          keep in service
                      prepare and repaint at normal intervals
Rectification works:  none

Heritage significance: High
The tower stairs are an essential part to the lighthouse – they maintain their significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant, pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Ground floor
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Description and condition
Concrete floor slab.
       * Equipment – batteries on racks mounted against the tower walls at ground floor level, control equipment wall- mounted.
Finish:                bare
Condition:             intact and sound
Integrity:             high
Significance:          high
Maintenance:           keep in service
                       clean at normal intervals
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The ground floor is an essential part to the lighthouse – it maintains its significance due to the lighthouse being one of only five extant, pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Solar array