Kirbuster (Kirbister) Farm Museum is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Kirbuster (Kirbister) Farm Museum
- WRENN ID
- fallen-copper-yarrow
- 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
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- HY 282 254
- Coordinates
- 59.10974, -3.25407
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kirbuster Farm Museum is an old farmhouse featuring a fire-room with a sellar at the eastern end and an addition dated 1723 at the western end. The building is single-storey and constructed with flagstone, topped with a flagged roof that has a vent. There is a lean-to pantry on the northern side. The interior preserves several original features, including a fire-back, neuks for a bed and peat, and a flagged floor. An upside-down marriage lintel with the date and initials "I.S./K.N." is found in the addition. To the south, there is a long freestanding byre. Additionally, there are roofless structures including a stable and barn to the east, along with a piggery, smiddy, and kiln.
Local climate
Kirbuster (Kirbister) Farm Museum sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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