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
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2002
- Type
- Military structure
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
British Directorate of Fortifications, 1942-1945. Long, rectangular-plan Romney hut constructed as part of the Chief Constructor's Department workshops at Lyness. Set to the west of the pier, and north of the Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum at Lyness (see separate listing). It has a semi-circular section with corrugated-iron cladding, built on a low concrete basecourse. There is a large sliding door to the east elevation and an emergency door to the west, with some square window openings to the north and south elevations.
The interior was seen in 2013. Parallel, evenly disposed steel hoops and purlins supporting and bolted to corrugated metal cladding.
Detailed Attributes
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