Brixham's Victoria breakwater stretches half a mile out into Tor Bay, providing shelter to the town's harbour, which is home to one of the largest and most successful fishing fleets in the United Kingdom. At its end is a 6-metre high cast iron lighthouse, built to a prefabricated Chance Brothers design, variations of which can be found elsewhere across the globe. The tower is painted white and has a lantern, gallery, and is topped by a copper dome roof.

The light was electrified in 1984. The small LED lamp housed within the lantern room today is a more modern installation that displays a red occulting light, which goes out once every 15 seconds for a duration of 3 seconds.