A GRADE II listed lighthouse in Burnham-on-Sea has finally been sold after months on the market.

Estate agent, CJ Hole, confirmed Burnham High Lighthouse has been sold for an undisclosed fee.

The local landmark, which stands at 110 feet (33 metres) tall and is solidly engineered in both brick and huge blocks of solid granite, had a guide price of £525,000.

A spokesman for CJ Hole, said: "We can confirm that The Lighthouse has sold (subject to contracts), but we can't divulge the sale price or who the purchasers are I'm afraid- nor it's intended use."

The unique lighthouse, built in 1830, has been converted to a three-bedroom home with round rooms on each of its eight floors.

The top room of the tower still has its original lantern room with historic glass Fresnel lenses and the lighthouse has a number of special features including a dramatic vaulted domed brick ceiling on the ground floor.

The tower has been updated with modern features such as reinforced glass floor, French cast-iron roll top bath and its own industrial sprinkler system – complete with solid bronze fittings.

The lighthouse originally lit up the Somerset coast with a paraffin lamp in the lantern room and in the early 1950’s it became one of the first lighthouses in England to be automated.

The automated lantern shone brightly across the Bristol Channel, visible for a distance of up to 22 miles, keeping mariners safe until the late eighties.

At that time, with greatly reduced volumes of local shipping, it was deemed a separate lower lighthouse could be bought back into service.

On a clear day the lighthouse enjoys unrivalled views across the River Severn taking in the whole of south-Wales, well beyond Cardiff and you can see the whole of Exmoor at the same time.

Today a glass floor and open-plan design at the top of the tower allows guests to look up from the dining room, through the galley kitchen and into the lantern room.