The Cloch Lighthouse, Inverkip is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. Lighthouse. 4 related planning applications.
The Cloch Lighthouse, Inverkip
- WRENN ID
- long-column-indigo
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Inverclyde
- Constituency
- Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1971
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- The Cloch Lighthouse, Inverkip, PA19 1BA
- OS grid reference
- NS 203 758
- Coordinates
- 55.94224, -4.87862
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Cloch Lighthouse in Inverkip was designed by engineer Robert Stevenson, with Thomas Smith as the engineer in charge. It was built between 1796 and 1797. The lighthouse features a white circular tower with a black band, rising 84 feet above water level, and includes Gothic details. There are also ancillary buildings that are one to two storeys high, mostly constructed at a later date.
Local climate
The Cloch Lighthouse, Inverkip sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,690 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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