Lighthouse, George Street, Cromarty is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. Lighthouse, house. 1 related planning application.

Lighthouse, George Street, Cromarty

WRENN ID
blind-storey-ivy
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1971
Type
Lighthouse, house
OS grid reference
NH 786 677
Coordinates
57.68303, -4.03648
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Lighthouse on George Street in Cromarty was designed by Alan Stevenson in 1846. It features a two-stage, squat drum shape, which is corbelled to support a cast-iron balustrade and a domed lantern. This structure is set on a wide, single-storey semi-circular base and includes a projecting Graeco-Egyptian portico. The lighthouse is constructed of white painted broached ashlar with ochre margins and dressings on the tower.

Adjacent to the lighthouse is the keeper's house, which is a single-storey, three-bay structure with lower single-bay wings. It has a slightly projecting Graeco-Egyptian doorpiece, with detailed pylon pilasters flanking the three central bays and a low coved parapet above. The design details are also reflected in both pairs of chimney stacks. The keeper's house is similarly made of white painted broached ashlar and features 16-pane sash windows and a flat roof. A coped rubble wall surrounds both the lighthouse and the keeper's house.

Local climate

Lighthouse, George Street, Cromarty receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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