Rhuvaal Lighthouse And Keepers' Houses, Islay is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Lighthouse. 1 related planning application.
Rhuvaal Lighthouse And Keepers' Houses, Islay
- WRENN ID
- endless-loggia-honey
- Grade
- B
- 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
- Address
- Rhuvaal Lighthouse And Keepers' Houses, Islay, PA44 7PW
- OS grid reference
- NR 425 791
- Coordinates
- 55.93639, -6.12349
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Rhuvaal Lighthouse and the keepers' houses, located on Islay, were built in the earlier 19th century. The lighthouse tower is tall and circular, constructed of painted ashlar stone and features a parapet with no windows. The keepers' houses are single-storey buildings made of painted rubble, with double-gabled roofs covered in slate. There are also boundary walls surrounding the property.
Local climate
Rhuvaal Lighthouse And Keepers' Houses, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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