Oxcars Lighthouse

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 24/03/2004 Supplementary Information Updated 16/04/2024 Local Authority Fife Planning Authority Fife Parish Aberdour (Fife) NGR NT 20293 81809 Coordinates 320293, 681809 — David and Thomas Stevenson, engineers, 1886. 4-stage circular-plan battered lighthouse tower surmounted by domed lantern. Brick with deep coursed, stugged sandstone base; both sections painted white with deep horizontal bands of black and red. Crenellated parapet corbelled out around cleaning path at apex of tower. 2 flights of fixed metal stepladders up to entrance to S; reinforced 2-leaf boarded timber outer (storm) door. 2 narrow windows (1 to N, 1 to S) to each of upper 2 floors of tower; 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Triangular-paned glazing to lantern; cast-iron murette at base; copper dome at apex. Mass concrete landing stage and pier (1894). INTERIOR: storage area to lower floor. Living/sleeping areas on upper floors; living area below; twin bunkrooms above; each with pair of box or built-in bunk beds and fitted cupboards/drawers. Boarded timber panelling to both living/sleeping floors and inside murette at base of lantern. Circular cast-iron vents to murette; circular cast-iron post to centre supports glass reflective lens in lantern above. Plaque attached to post recording details of lens 'DIOPTRIC FIXED LIGHT APPARATUS designed by T & D Stevenson, Engineers. Barbiere & Finestre, Paris & Dove & Co Edinburgh, Manufacturers, 1885. Cast-iron grille walkway around lens. Timber floors, lower one reinforced with cast-iron beams at later date (?1894) and hole inserted for hoisting gas cylinders. Cast-iron stepladders between levels. — NOTES: An intact late 19th century lighthouse designed by members of the well known family of lighthouse engineers, the Stevensons, for t

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.