Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Boddam is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Lighthouse. 2 related planning applications.

Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Boddam

WRENN ID
north-panel-ivy
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Lighthouse
Address
Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Boddam, AB42 3NF
OS grid reference
NK 136 422
Coordinates
57.47042, -1.77452
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Buchan Ness Lighthouse, built by Robert Stevenson between 1824 and 1827, stands 118 feet high with a tapered circular tower made of coursed granite. The tower features gothic corbelling below the gallery and cupola, and it is painted white with a red band. Inside, there is a cantilever spiral staircase. At the base of the lighthouse on the west side, there is a concentric semi-circle of buildings that form a five-window bow, complete with a cornice and a blocking course. The buildings have two octagonal chimneys and a flat roof. A flat-lintelled doorway connects to symmetrical wings, which include a two-window section to the west and a two-window section with a central door in the courtyard.

Local climate

Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Boddam receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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