West Lighthouse And 7 West Lights, West Common, Tayport is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 May 1973.

West Lighthouse And 7 West Lights, West Common, Tayport

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 May 1973
OS grid reference
NO 446 293
Coordinates
56.45279, -2.89906
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

8 West Lights in Tayport was originally built in 1823 and resembles the East lighthouse, constructed from rubble and finished with stucco. The building was later raised and features dumbbell slit decoration, a corbelled parapet with a railing, and an octagonal cupola. Initially a single-storey structure, it has a two-window facade with a central door, made of whitewashed rubble. The building was subsequently extended at both gables using whitewashed brick and has a slated roof.

Local climate

West Lighthouse And 7 West Lights, West Common, Tayport receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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