Arnish Point Lighthouse, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.
Arnish Point Lighthouse, Lewis
- WRENN ID
- last-frieze-sable
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NB 432 308
- Coordinates
- 58.19126, -6.37042
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Attendant's House at Arnish Point Lighthouse in Lewis was designed by engineer Alan Stevenson and built in 1853, likely alongside the lighthouse. Both structures are whitewashed with contrasting painted details.
The lighthouse itself is moderately tall and follows a standard design, featuring a battered circular-section tower topped with a domed lantern that has latticed glazing. The front door is framed by a simplified neo-Egyptian doorcase.
Nearby, there are single-storey, flat-roofed houses, with flues over the cross-walls arranged in a 2-3-2 pattern. A walled garden is located at the front of the houses.
Local climate
Arnish Point Lighthouse, Lewis sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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