Lighthouse, Elie Ness is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980. 2 related planning applications.
Lighthouse, Elie Ness
- WRENN ID
- late-loggia-raven
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1980
- OS grid reference
- NT 496 993
- Coordinates
- 56.18396, -2.81269
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an early 20th century lighthouse, situated at Elie Ness. The lighthouse is a two-storey circular tower topped with a corbelled and crenellated parapet. A small, single-storey square tower, also with a crenellated parapet, is attached to the north-west side; it is harled with exposed dressings. The lighthouse is a prominent landmark. The statutory address is Elie Ness Lighthouse.
Local climate
Lighthouse, Elie Ness receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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