PLAN SUBMITTED FOR RE-INSTATEMENT OF PETER SCOTT'S SKETCHING WINDOW AT OLD LIGHTHOUSE

Sir Peter lived and worked here in the 1930s

THE owners of the Peter Scott Lighthouse near Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire  have  applied to carry out conversion works including reinstatement of the sketching window through which Scott viewed wildfowl.

It has been submitted by the Snowgoose Wildlife Trust, owned by Douglas and Mary Hilton who are also seeking the go-ahead to revamp the basement and remove modern masonry walls at the Grade II Listed Building.

Built in 1826, the lighthouse stands close to The Wash on the Lincolnshire border with Norfolk and not far from Cambridgeshire.

Sir Peter painted captivated studies of geese and duck in flight while he lived there between 1933 and 1939.

The application is currently under consideration in the planning department at Spalding-based South Holland District Council.                                                         

The application posted earlier this month

Above and below: there is a small collection of ornamental wildfowl in a paddock adjacent to the lighthouse