Old Quay Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1949. Lighthouse.
Old Quay Lighthouse
- WRENN ID
- proud-stair-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1949
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- Old Quay Lighthouse, Whitehaven, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- NX 970 184
- Coordinates
- 54.55063, -3.59349
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Quay Lighthouse, built in 1814, is a small, circular structure made of stone featuring a cornice. On the seaward side, there is a canted oriel window. The landward side has a sundial with a gnomon, which is dated 1730.
Local climate
Old Quay Lighthouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,560 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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