Todhead Lighthouse is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. 2 related planning applications.
Todhead Lighthouse
- WRENN ID
- inner-newel-ivy
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1972
- Address
- Todhead Lighthouse, DD10 0TH
- OS grid reference
- NO 869 769
- Coordinates
- 56.8839, -2.21534
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Todhead Lighthouse, dating from 1897 and engineered by David A Stevenson, is a circular tower with a projecting cornice, a corbelled gallery, and a lantern dome. The exterior is finished in harl with exposed stone dressings. The light was converted to electric power in 1973 and automated in 1986. In 2007, the light was decommissioned and the original optic system, including the machine with its clockwork mechanism and lens, was removed and donated to the National Museum of Scotland. The lighthouse is documented in records from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and on an Ordnance Survey map of 1901. Further information is available from the Dictionary of Scottish Architects.
Local climate
Todhead 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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