Balfour Burial-Aisle, South Churchyard, Shapinsay is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Burial aisle.
Balfour Burial-Aisle, South Churchyard, Shapinsay
- WRENN ID
- third-outpost-laurel
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1971
- Type
- Burial aisle
- OS grid reference
- HY 502 165
- Coordinates
- 59.03297, -2.86792
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Balfour Burial-Aisle, located in the South Churchyard of Shapinsay, dates back to 1656. It is an oblong structure built of random rubble and features a gabled design. The building is currently roofless. The date and the initials 'M.G.B.' are visible on a wide arch on the south side and on the lintel above the entrance on the west side. Inside, there are mural tablets dedicated to the Balfour family.
Local climate
Balfour Burial-Aisle, South Churchyard, Shapinsay sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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