Lighthouse, Eilean Musdile, Lismore is a Grade A listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Lighthouse. 1 related planning application.

Lighthouse, Eilean Musdile, Lismore

WRENN ID
old-iron-bone
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1971
Type
Lighthouse
OS grid reference
NM 778 351
Coordinates
56.45556, -5.60746
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The lighthouse on Eilean Musdile, Lismore, was built in 1833 by Robert Stevenson. It features a circular tower that is rendered and topped with an iron dome. Inside, there is a wheel stair and a fixed light. Additionally, there are two keepers' houses, each one storey high and consisting of three bays. These houses have platform roofs and are connected by an elliptical arch.

Local climate

Lighthouse, Eilean Musdile, Lismore sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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