Lifeboat Station, Shorehead, Johnshaven is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 October 1990. 1 related planning application.

Lifeboat Station, Shorehead, Johnshaven

WRENN ID
forgotten-postern-oak
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 October 1990
Address
Lifeboat Station, Shorehead, Johnshaven, DD10 0EU
OS grid reference
NO 795 670
Coordinates
56.79446, -2.33577
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an 1891 lifeboat station, built on the Shorehead in Johnshaven, facing the harbour. The building is constructed from large red sandstone ashlar blocks with stugged margins. It features a wide, 4-centred arched doorway. The deep eaves have wave-pattern bargeboards, and there's an apex finial. The roof is slate, with roof lights. A smaller, 4-centred archway provides access to the rear, above which is a 6-light window. The station is referenced in a survey of Johnshaven published in 1982.

Local climate

Lifeboat Station, Shorehead, Johnshaven receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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