Hoy, Lyness, Romney Hut is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 January 2002. Military structure.

Hoy, Lyness, Romney Hut

WRENN ID
leaning-screen-thyme
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
Military structure
OS grid reference
ND 309 947
Coordinates
58.835, -3.19709
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Romney Hut at Lyness, built between 1942 and 1945 by the British Directorate of Fortifications, is a long, rectangular structure that was part of the Chief Constructor's Department workshops. It is located to the west of the pier and north of the Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum at Lyness. The hut features a semi-circular section with corrugated-iron cladding, resting on a low concrete basecourse. The east elevation has a large sliding door, while the west elevation includes an emergency door. There are also some square window openings on the north and south elevations.

The interior, as observed in 2013, consists of parallel, evenly spaced steel hoops and purlins that support and are bolted to the corrugated metal cladding.

Local climate

Hoy, Lyness, Romney Hut sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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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