Lighthouse, Lybster Harbour is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 November 1984.

Lighthouse, Lybster Harbour

WRENN ID
fossil-parapet-weasel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 November 1984
OS grid reference
ND 245 347
Coordinates
58.29517, -3.28956
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The lighthouse stands within the harbour complex of four basins, built in 1849 and rebuilt in 1882. The lighthouse itself is a small, octagonal structure with a domed lantern. Adjacent to the lighthouse are two storehouses built of flagstone rubble masonry, with some modern rendering. The western storehouse is three storeys high and has six symmetrical bays. To the west of the main western storehouse, a second two-storey storehouse with six bays abuts the original building. Both storehouses have corrugated asbestos roofs. Historically, the western part of the store ranges functioned as a salmon fisherman's bothy until after World War 2, while the eastern section was used as a herring fishing station, reportedly including a separate ladies’ water closet at its end. The structure is constructed of flagstone rubble masonry with some modern rendering.

Local climate

Lighthouse, Lybster Harbour 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 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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