The task was to reproduce the lost original cast iron beacon atop the 120 foot stone tower. With only a nineteenth century woodcut to go from, deduction of a credible structure was not easy. The result was some 15 feet high and weighs about four tons. Constructed largely from cast iron with wrought iron basket and braces and copper flames, the beacon was fitted and assembled in the workshop before being dismantled and hauled up the tower piece by heavy piece, in a North-Easterly December gale.
Architect: Peter Pace Subcontractors: Smith & Co. Ebor Stone Co. Materials: cast iron, wrought iron, copper, painted and gilded
