Lighthouse, Bass Rock is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 May 1989. Lighthouse. 1 related planning application.
Lighthouse, Bass Rock
- WRENN ID
- pitched-grate-rook
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1989
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- Lighthouse, Bass Rock, EH39 4SS
- OS grid reference
- NT 601 872
- Coordinates
- 56.07654, -2.64099
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The lighthouse on Bass Rock was designed by David Alan Stevenson and completed in 1902. It features a two-stage structure topped with a lantern and is finished in white harling. Adjoining the lighthouse is a single-storey cottage with a flat roof, which is also harled. The lighthouse is situated on a fortified outcrop that is contemporary with Bass Rock Castle.
Local climate
Lighthouse, Bass Rock 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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 0.3°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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