Harbour And Lighthouse, Port Logan is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Lighthouse tower, pier.

Harbour And Lighthouse, Port Logan

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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
Lighthouse tower, pier
OS grid reference
NX 094 405
Coordinates
54.72389, -4.96007
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Harbour and Lighthouse at Port Logan, built in 1818, features a stone pier with a circular lighthouse tower.

The pier is constructed from large blocks of coursed rubble masonry, with the pier-head facing north and east, and a rounded angle to the northeast. There is a staircase leading to the water level on the east side. The pier has projecting granite socket stones—three on the north and four on the east—that were formerly used to secure upright wooden fenders. The outer wall to the west is pitched and rises to form a parapet that leads to a stepped wall-walk. The parapet ends in granite masonry at the rounded northwest angle, which is adjacent to the lighthouse tower. There are two granite bollards, and the quay is paved with cobbles while the wall-walk is slab-paved.

The lighthouse tower is a three-stage circular structure that includes an open light chamber at the third stage. It is located to the northwest of the pier and incorporates the parapet. The tower is made of granite and sandstone ashlar, featuring a band course between the first and second stages. There is a doorway on the southeast side that leads to the ground floor chamber, which contains a small fireplace and a shelved recess. A forestair leads to the doorway on the south side, providing access to the first floor chamber, which has a window to the southwest and an open hatch leading to the light chamber above, previously accessed by a ladder. The open light chamber is supported by four rebated square pillars and features a stone conical roof with a concave profile. Additionally, there is a latrine annexe located under the forestair, which has a doorway to the east and includes a stone trough and mural chute.

Local climate

Harbour And Lighthouse, Port Logan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 1 freeze-thaw cycle 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 0.3°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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