Cottage 2, Cottage Block, Fidra Lighthouse is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971.

Cottage 2, Cottage Block, Fidra Lighthouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 February 1971
OS grid reference
NT 512 869
Coordinates
56.07324, -2.78529
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Fidra Lighthouse is a short tower that is harled and whitewashed. It features a balustraded lantern with lattice glazing and is topped with a fog horn. To the west, there is a two-storey cottage block that also has a flat roof, and it is similarly harled and whitewashed.

Local climate

Cottage 2, Cottage Block, Fidra Lighthouse receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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