Ross Lighthouse, Little Ross Island is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971.
Ross Lighthouse, Little Ross Island
- WRENN ID
- north-tin-marsh
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- OS grid reference
- NX 659 431
- Coordinates
- 54.76576, -4.08497
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The residential block at Ross Lighthouse on Little Ross Island is a round tower with a corbelled top and a pediment above the door, dating from 1846. It is situated in a cobbled walled courtyard and includes two flat-roofed keepers' houses, which are currently empty. The building was constructed by Thomas Stevenson.
Local climate
Ross Lighthouse, Little Ross Island sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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