View from SE of Keepers' Houses (NT 96NW 39.01). Digital image of C 4268 CN.

Description View from SE of Keepers' Houses (NT 96NW 39.01). Digital image of C 4268 CN.

Date 1993

Catalogue Number SC 787282

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 4268 CN

Scope and Content Keepers' houses from south-east, St Abb's Head Lighthouse, Scottish Borders This shows the keepers' houses on the cliff above the lighthouse. The house has a double gable, whitewashed stone walls, ochre-painted dressings, and single-storeyed, lean-to extensions at each side. Steps on the other side allow each family to have their own front door. The lighthouse on St Abb's Head stands on top of 91m-high cliffs, which are often hidden from the view of shipping by dense fog. The light on top of the tower shines from a height of 78m, as the lighthouse is reached by a flight of steps from the lightkeepers' houses on the cliffs above. St Abb's Head Lighthouse was built in 1862 to designs by engineers David (1815-86) and Thomas Stevenson (1818-87). The squat tower on its single-storeyed base is surmounted by a triangular-paned lantern with domed top, and stands in a dramatic cliff-top position overlooking the North Sea near Coldingham. The complex also includes a foghorn on a single-storeyed base, and a two-storeyed, M-gabled, four-bayed cottage which was used for keepers' accommodation. The light was automated in 1993, and the keepers' houses were adapted for use as holiday homes in 1999. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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