Perimeter Wall And Gate-Piers, Noup Head Lighthouse, Westray

Noup Head Lighthouse, located in Westray, was designed by David A Stevenson and completed in 1898. It features a 70-foot tall circular tower topped with a domed light that has lattice glazing. The lighthouse includes a walkway at two levels and is accompanied by a single-storey building from the 1950s, which was formerly used as a keeper's cottage.

The lighthouse is harled, with surrounding flagstones on the ground and a base course. It has long and short quoins around the door and window surrounds, as well as the quoins of the cottage. The former cottage building has a corniced wallhead and a flat roof. The entrance door to the lighthouse, located on the south side, is timber boarded and features an inscribed lintel that reads: '1898 ERECTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE D.A.STEVENSON ENGINEER', along with a stone step. There are windows on the first floor to the west, a second floor window to the north, and third floor windows to the east and west. The narrower fourth floor has a corbelled base and two doors leading to the walkway, which is enclosed by metal railings. The light is surmounted by a metal walkway with lattice railings and an external ladder connecting the light to the fourth floor. The former cottage has a door on the south elevation, two doors on the east gable wall, and a window on the north side.

Inside, the lighthouse features white glazed tiles on the interior walls and a stone spiral staircase with a timber rail. There is a storage cupboard and a window on the first floor, while cast-iron stairs and railings with decorative balusters lead from the second floor upwards. A brass handrail runs from the fourth to the fifth floor. The fourth floor interior has tongue and groove boarding, brass ventilation covers, and a glass casing for a clock, which is currently missing. There is also a cupboard built into the curvature of the wall. The fifth floor is equipped with a modern Pelangi lens, a metal grid floor, a concave roof, and blacked-out glass at the landing.

The perimeter wall surrounding the lighthouse is rectangular in plan with curved coping and is cement clad. There are two tall, square-plan gatepiers to the east, each with a base and conical coping stone, along with metal gates. An identical single gatepier is located to the south, featuring a metal pedestrian gate. A fluted cast-iron sundial base is present, although the sundial itself is missing.