Monument record MDO19628 - Bill Signal House, Portland

Signal house also shown in an Upham picture ‘The Higher and Lower lighthouses’. 1800 map shows ‘Signal House’ near higher or ‘Old Light House’ and in 1828 it is in an enclosure. Signal House with Signal Post and Gun on 1837 map. On the Tithe Map of 1841 the property marked 2347 is a ‘garden’ owned by Trinity House and occupied by Christopher Comben, the upper lighthouse keeper.

The Signal house is also shown in a J.W. Upham watercolour, ‘The Higher and Lower lighthouses’, one of a series of views 1802-5, published in 1916. (1) 1800 map shows ‘Signal House’ near higher or ‘Old Light House’ (2) and in 1828 it is in an enclosure (3). Signal House with Signal Post and Gun on 1837 map. (4) On the Tithe Map of 1841 the property marked 2347 is a ‘garden’ owned by Trinity House and occupied by Christopher Comben, the upper lighthouse keeper. (5)

<1> Pentin, H, 1916, Old Portland, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO10350.

<2> F Webb and Co Salisbury, 1800, A Map of the Isle of Portland (Map). SDO10235.

<3> Wyld, J, 1828, Plan of the Island of Portland in the County of Dorset (Map). SDO10236.

<4> E and G N Driver, 1837, Plan of a Customary Freehold Estate in the Isle of Portland, For Sale (Map). SDO10347.

<5> 1841, Portland Tithe Map (Map). SDO10253.

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Nov 1 2013 2:22PM