Huip Farmhouse, Stronsay is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 2008. Farmhouse.

Huip Farmhouse, Stronsay

WRENN ID
tenth-chimney-reed
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 2008
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
HY 637 303
Coordinates
59.15832, -2.63641
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Huip Farmhouse is likely an 18th-century, tall, two-storey and attic, three-bay, symmetrical, single-pile gabled farmhouse. It features gabled dormers, an advanced gabled porch, and a single-storey, two-bay wing attached to the north gable. The property includes an associated walled garden, domestic ancillary buildings, and steading buildings. The exterior is finished with roughcast-rendered masonry and has regular fenestration set in deep, unmargined window reveals. The front door, which is timber-boarded, is located in the side elevation of the gabled porch. The dormers and porch are topped with stumpy finials.

The windows predominantly have four-pane glazing in timber sash and case style, with some featuring twelve-pane glazing. The gables, dormers, and porch have ashlar-coped skews, and the wallhead stacks are corniced and coped, fitted with yellow clay cans. The roof is covered with grey stone slates.

Inside, the farmhouse retains its original room layout, consisting of two rooms on each floor flanking a central staircase, with a smaller room located behind. Original timber fittings are still in place.

Local climate

Huip Farmhouse, Stronsay 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 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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