Hoy, Lyness, Former First World War Paravane Shed / Second World War Royal Naval Recreation Centre is a Grade A listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 January 2002. Military shed, recreation centre.

Hoy, Lyness, Former First World War Paravane Shed / Second World War Royal Naval Recreation Centre

WRENN ID
scarred-wattle-meadow
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 January 2002
Type
Military shed, recreation centre
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Circa 1917. Large near rectangular-plan corrugated iron military shed, constructed as a paravane shed for use during the First World War and reused as a Royal Navy recreation centre during the Second World War, situated on the north shore of Ore Bay.

Comprising 2 rectangular-plan sections with a long double segmental-arched roof (longitudinally aligned) to the north east. Slightly wider section with roof divided into 5 transverse segmental-arched sections to the south west. Cast iron frame structure with corrugated iron cladding, painted red. Mainly fixed timber frame multi-pane windows. Corrugated-iron roof, with some evidence of timber panelling to the roof interior.

The interior, seen in 2013, is divided into aisles by cast iron structural uprights and timber Belfast roof truss arrangement.

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