West Pier Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1972. Lighthouse.
West Pier Lighthouse
- WRENN ID
- night-foundation-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1972
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- West Pier Lighthouse, the Piers, Whitby
- OS grid reference
- NZ 899 117
- Coordinates
- 54.49288, -0.61293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Pier Lighthouse was built in 1831 based on the design of Francis Pickernell, the engineer for the Harbour Trustees. The lighthouse features fluted Doric columns topped with an octagonal lantern that has glazing on the seaward side, an octagonal lead dome, and a vane. There are rails surrounding the lantern. Notably, it was visited by Princess Victoria in 1834.
Local climate
West Pier Lighthouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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