Doocot, Papdale House, Berstane Road, Kirkwall is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 January 1992. Walled garden, doocot. 1 related planning application.
Doocot, Papdale House, Berstane Road, Kirkwall
- WRENN ID
- patient-casement-dew
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1992
- Type
- Walled garden, doocot
- Address
- Doocot, Papdale House, Berstane Road, Kirkwall, KW15 1NA
- OS grid reference
- HY 456 108
- Coordinates
- 58.98098, -2.94805
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The doocot at Papdale House on Berstane Road in Kirkwall dates from the later 18th century and is associated with the walled garden, which is likely from the same period. The structure has a rectangular plan with a north wall that is curved in a semi-polygonal shape. There are central side gates on both the east and west long sides. The rubble walls may have been heightened, as indicated by several masonry courses visible on the east and south walls.
The doocot itself is located at the southeast corner and has a square plan. It is currently roofless and rises above the height of the adjacent walls. The south elevation features a blocked doorway and a round-arched opening.
Local climate
Doocot, Papdale House, Berstane Road, Kirkwall 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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