Historic, Grade A Listed lighthouse tower on the market
Cromarty Lighthouse, an historic, Grade A Listed lighthouse tower, built by Alan Stevenson, cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson in 1846.The Cromarty Firth in the north east of Scotland forms an exceptional natural harbour providing excellent shelter for shipping during stormy weather. The lighthouse was commissioned in 1842 to guide shipping to into the firth. For all those familiar with the shipping forecast the word Cromarty will have an immediate resonance.
The lighthouse station was automated in 1985 and operated remotely from Edinburgh until it was de-commissioned in 2005. The lighthouse tower is now for sale offering purchasers a unique opportunity to acquire part of Scotland’s maritime heritage.
The property comprises three ground floor rooms and the lighthouse tower, but excludes the lighthouse keeper’s house. As one would expect, the lighthouse tower occupies a spectacular position, although unusually it is in a remarkably accessible location within the village of Cromarty. It overlooks the entrance to the Cromarty Firth to the east and has panoramic views across the harbour and up the firth to the west.
The accommodation includes the former mess room, the battery room and accessed from the outside, a separate storeroom with WC. The entrance hallway gives access to the spiral stone staircase leading up the tower to two rooms, the observation room which gives access to an outside balcony surrounding the tower and then above this, the light room.
Jamie Watson, of selling agents Smiths Gore’s Fochabers office says: “Although the accommodation within the building is fairly restricted, the building might lend itself to a variety of uses; including a small holiday let, artist’s studio or workshops.
“As an historic landmark and an important part of Scotland’s built heritage, the property is bound to attract wide interest.”
Cromarty Lighthouse has been placed on the market for offers in excess of £60,000.
For further information, visit smithsgore.co.uk.
