Langskaill House, Gairsay is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Mansion.
Langskaill House, Gairsay
- WRENN ID
- rusted-porch-dawn
- 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
- Mansion
- OS grid reference
- HY 434 219
- Coordinates
- 59.08046, -2.98768
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Langskaill House is a 17th century mansion that originally consisted of three ranges and a screen wall enclosing a courtyard. The northern range has been demolished. The eastern range was reconstructed around 1900 and now has one and a half storeys, previously having two full storeys. It is harled with freestone dressings, featuring a modern slated roof and corbie-stepped dormers. The entrance is centrally located on the western side and includes a lintel with the monogram W.C./M.H. The interior has been altered but still retains two original fireplaces. The western range, dated 1676 on the southeast skew-putt, is now gutted and roofless but rises to two storeys. The screen wall on the south side has allure, gun-loops, and a central arch with a pediment and an armorial panel above. There is also a two-way stair that connects the house to the shore.
Local climate
Langskaill House, Gairsay 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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