Keepers' House, Dunnet Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse; Robert Stevenson, Engineer, 1831. Short circular

tower with semi-circular single storey building clasping

base, corbelled parapet with lattice cast-iron balustrade

and circular domed lattice-pane light. All white painted

tooled ashlar.

Keepers' houses; pair single storey 4-bay houses, each

with advanced off-centre bay, and slightly lower outer

single storey, single bay addition; all white painted

tooled ashlar with contrasting painted cills and base

course; 12-pane glazing (modern fenestration to later

additions); eaves band and blocking course; flat roof.

Further later block comprising 1 single storey, 3-bay house

with adjoining 4-bay equipment room.

Fluted cast-iron sundial.

Enclosure wall; lighthouse and keepers' houses enclosed by

coped rubble wall. Pair square tooled ashlar gate piers with

simple square caps.