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Noss Head Lighthouse Keepers' Houses

A Category A Listed Building in Wick, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.479 / 58°28'44"N

Longitude: -3.0511 / 3°3'3"W

OS Eastings: 338802

OS Northings: 955008

OS Grid: ND388550

Mapcode National: GBR L6T9.YX3

Mapcode Global: WH7FM.34CR

Plus Code: 9CCRFWHX+HH

Entry Name: Noss Head Lighthouse Keepers' Houses

Listing Name: Noss Head Lighthouse Keepers' Houses and Offices

Listing Date: 28 November 1984

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347360

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14087

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200347360

Location: Wick

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness

Parish: Wick

Traditional County: Caithness

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Description

Alan Stevenson, 1849. Lighthouse; medium height circular tower, all tooled coursed ashlar with contrasting painted ashlar dressings. Corbelled wallhead balcony with cast-iron balustrade and domed diamond-pane lantern. Semicircular, single storey building encircles part of base; projecting Egyptian style doorpiece to entrance. Keepers' Houses; pair single storey four-bay houses; painted tooled ashlar, contrasting painted ashlar dressings. Each with projecting Egyptian porch with coved cornice, similar cornice to projecting outer bay and with lower single storey, single bay wings and rear channelled, battered angle pilasters. 12-pane glazing; tall corniced stacks; flat roofs. Lighthouse and cottages linked by low coped tooled ashlar wall enclosing centre paved court. Offices; single storey, seven-bay range comprising gighouse with segmental headed entrance, former stables and stores; later enlarged entrance at extreme right; all rubble with contrasting tooled dressings; mural vents; pair ridge stacks; corrugated asbestos roof.

Statement of Interest

Modern range of Keepers' dwellings not included in listing.

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