Whome Kiln And Barn, Flotta, Hoy is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 January 2002. Barn, kiln. 1 related planning application.

Whome Kiln And Barn, Flotta, Hoy

WRENN ID
solitary-hearth-nightshade
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 January 2002
Type
Barn, kiln
Address
Whome Kiln And Barn, Flotta, Hoy, KW16 3NP
OS grid reference
ND 360 938
Coordinates
58.82747, -3.10843
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Whome Kiln and Barn, located in Flotta, Hoy, is a single-storey, rectangular-plan threshing barn dating from the earlier to later 19th century, with a circular kiln attached to the west gable. The structure is built of exposed stone rubble.

On the southeast elevation, there is a central door, with the kiln set back to the far left. The east elevation features a plain gable. The north elevation has a central door and an additional door to the far left, with the kiln positioned to the far right. The west elevation shows the kiln offset to the left, alongside a later lean-to building made of corrugated sheet material to the right, which is not included in the statutory list.

The barn has timber plank doors, a corrugated sheet roof, and stone slabs covering the kiln. The interior was not seen during the last inspection in 2000.

Local climate

Whome Kiln And Barn, Flotta, Hoy sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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