High Lighthouse, Buddon Ness is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Lighthouse.

High Lighthouse, Buddon Ness

WRENN ID
fossil-marble-ivy
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Lighthouse
OS grid reference
NO 538 310
Coordinates
56.46892, -2.75012
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

High Lighthouse at Buddon Ness is a circular brick structure that stands 103 feet tall. It features stone dressings and was built between 1865 and 1866, designed by engineer Robert Stevenson.

Local climate

High Lighthouse, Buddon Ness receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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