Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00078:reg:2015:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00078
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2015 (pt 3/18)
Character Range: 45639–48654

the lighthouse – it maintains its significance due to the lighthouse being the oldest of the Bass Strait lights, and due to being one of only four (4) extant pre-1850 lighthouses (criterion a, criterion b).
The lantern glazing contributes to the aesthetic value of the lighthouse (criterion e).

Lighthouse feature: Lantern base
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Description and condition
Formed by the bottom tier of the lantern glazing which has been re-fitted with blank panels (originally fully glazed).
       * Vents – recent cast cowls fitted over round vent holes in blanking panels.

       * Door – cast iron frame and door inset into the bottom of a timber framed and sheeted door. The door is secured by two hand-wheels on pivoting studs which engage with projecting lugs on the frame.

Finish:                painted
Condition:             intact and sound
Integrity:             high
Significance:          blank panels and vents: low
                       other parts: high
Maintenance:           keep in service, prepare and repaint at normal intervals
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The lantern base is an essential part of the lighthouse – it maintains its significance due to the lighthouse being the oldest of the Bass Strait lights, and due to it being one of only four extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion a, criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: 1845 Lantern base
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Description and condition
Original lantern base was formed within the top of the existing masonry tower walls. Fixing positions of the original internal catwalk brackets into the masonry walls are visible.
       * Vents – original round vent openings still exist through masonry walls at this level. They are fitted with circular brass regulators. Only one regulator is original, others were replaced in 2012.

       * Door – there was no door in the original lantern base and the balcony was accessed through the existing doors in the lantern glazing from the internal catwalk.

Finish:                masonry wall: bare render
                       pedestal: painted
Condition:             there is fretting of the top course of sandstone masonry on the internal face, otherwise sound

Integrity:             high
Significance:          high
Maintenance:           keep in service, prepare and repaint at normal intervals
Rectification works:   none

Heritage significance: High
The lantern base is an essential and original part of the lighthouse – it maintains its significance due to the lighthouse being the oldest of the Bass Strait lights, and due to it being one of only four extant pre-1850 lighthouses in Tasmania (criterion a, criterion b).

Lighthouse feature: Lantern floor
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Description and condition
Recent floor of compressed fibre-cement sheet on frame of galvanised steel rectangular hollow sections (RHS) sections bolted together. The frame sits on the top of the tower wall around the edge, and on a central RHS column.
       * Access opening – rectangular, with