Lighthouse authority Trinity House said the last lighthouse it built was the Royal Sovereign at Newhaven in 1971.

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Lighthouse authority Trinity House plans to switch off Godrevy light on the edge of St Ives Bay by 2010.

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Those who have raised concerns include local fishermen's societies, the local harbour master and former Trinity House pilots themselves.

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Allow Trinity House, which oversees shipping safety, to charge for services on open market to cut costs for existing users.

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The current 19 metres high twin-towered lighthouse was completed in 1751, with the company Trinity House assuming responsibility 20 years later.

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There are now just three staffed lighthouses remaining in Britain as the Trinity House automation programme, which began in the early 1960s, nears completion.

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Trinity House said moving the lighthouse in one piece was not possible because it would cause too much damage to the sensitive shingle spit habitat.

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But Mr Matthews, who has been with Trinity House for 42 years, will be staying on as attendant at the lighthouse where he served for the last 10 years.

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When Britain's beacons went automatic in 1998, Trinity House Lighthouse Service, the corporation chartered to run lighthouses by Henry VIII in 1514, decided it could make more money by renting out the cottages than by unloading them.

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