Survey Data

Reg No

14402102


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Technical


Original Use

Lighthouse keeper's house


Date

1860 - 1900


Coordinates

315704, 275741


Date Recorded

18/05/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Detached L-plan former lighthouse keeper's house, built c.1880, now vacant. Pitched patterned slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, carved timber barge boards and red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with render quoins. Cast-iron double gates with cast-iron gate piers having foundry mark.

Appraisal

This house forms part of an interesting group with the related lighthouses in the area. It also forms part of a broader group with the sea safety structures in the area, such as the beacons and former lifeboat house. The house retains many interesting features, such as the patterned slate roof and cast-iron piers and gates. Foundry mark reads: 'J. Robertson & Co. Glasgow'.