In a Board of Trade report into the grounding of the Vine in January 1877 off the mouth of the Tees it was claimed that the glow from the furnaces of the nearby steel plant may have been mistaken for the red low light.

[6] The High Light and cottages were 1,189 yards (1,087 m) inland to the west at the end of Windermere Road in what is now the Longhill Industrial Estate in Hartlepool north of Tees Bay Retail Park.

[4] The High Light contained a newel helical stair lit by slit windows between the masonry blocks.

[11] The prospect of this demolition may have prompted local artist Thomas Grainger to create a painting of the lighthouse before it disappeared.

[12] By 1985 although the High Light tower was disused and dilapidated and had lost its gallery, it was given grade II listed building status.