OLD WOODEN LIGHTHOUSE Complete with accessories

An old wooden lighthouse that’s a mix of the best parts of similar real-life structures located around the world. I’ve owned a lighthouse in SL – I think most of us have at one time or another – and that very fact gave me the inspiration to want to build one that’s not made of cold, hard concrete or bricks; I wanted something that had a degree of charm, warmth, and quirkiness, and I think this demonstrates those attributes pretty well. A lot of the component parts were decided on by the things I DIDN’T like, such as:
The light itself - I’ve never been a big fan of rotating, brightly glowing cones, so this one’s bright enough to be seen at night, but yet subtle enough not to annoy either yourself OR your neighbors. It’s a slow flashing light that gently illuminates the top walkway of the lighthouse, and suits the structure perfectly.
The steps leading up to the top walkway – putting them outside was a real no-brainer, because I’ve always hated the way my cam goes berserk in confined spaces, and spiral staircases have always filled me with dread when I approach them lol. This staircase is easily negotiated and has a few landings on the way to the top – it’s actually FUN making the climb to the top!
The fact that most lighthouses are confined to open sea – mine’s mounted on a deep rock base as usual, and has a jetty if you need to position it off-land, but is easily converted to being located on the edge of your beach (in fact, just sinking it level with your beach will work just fine!) The footprint of the rock base is 30x27 btw, but will decrease the lower you sink it.

Ok – that’s my moaning over – now for the boring stuff that we all want to know:

It comes in a rezzbox. It’s the easiest way of positioning a large structure, and it makes it so much easier to edit, move, or even delete the parts you don’t want (the structure's all copy/mod but the scripts used are no modify btw). It’s a total of 92 prims, but that includes all the accessories shown in the pics.
It has a lifebuoy stand (4 prims) positioned on the dock.
An old lantern/hurricane lamp (6 prims) is on a bracket by the door – the flame is auto-lighting, btw – it comes on at dusk and goes off again at dawn – easy, huh? :)
It comes equipped with a foghorn (2 prims inc control box) mounted on top of the roof – the controller is on the wall by the door to make it easy for you to click. It doesn’t play its authentic foghorn sound continuously, btw – I decided it’s MUCH nicer for your neighbors if it plays just once on each click :)
It rezzes with an extra large wave swirl (1 prim) , which can easily be repositioned for height. If you click on it, it gives you a menu for you to be able to control the speed of the swirl – it’s not just a basic rotating texture – it really gives the impression of swirling foam. It’s copyable too, so if you make it smaller & rez a few of them around the rocks, it’s even more impressive!
Inside the opening door, there’s a small room that you can throw your favourite chair in and relax away from it all - there’s even a nautical chart (zero prims – I just added it to the wall texture) mounted on the wall to add to the authentic feel of the place.

Because of the rezzbox system, it’s really easy to nudge your lighthouse off-sim if you want (I positioned the box to rezz from a 20m distance to make this easier). A word of caution – if it’s off-sim, you won’t be able to land at the dock or climb the steps – it’d probably be a crime to be unable to climb them and just enjoy the view of SL from a different vantage point!

This was something I really enjoyed building! – it turned out just as eye-catching as I’d hoped it would, and I hope you agree. It’s just such a charming thing to have on your land, and it has so many places where you can position your favourite chair or rug and just relax. In fact, I like it so much that I intend to build a matching house for myself! (if it turns out ok, it’ll be on marketplace too!)

Lastly – very special thanks to Mousey – one of my friendly customers, who with just one sentence, made my brain point in the right direction which helped me to finish the build – thanks, Mouse!! :)