Gill Pier, Westray is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 2001. Pier. 1 related planning application.
Gill Pier, Westray
- WRENN ID
- sheer-corner-pine
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 March 2001
- Type
- Pier
- Address
- Gill Pier, Westray, KW17 2DL
- OS grid reference
- HY 446 489
- Coordinates
- 59.32357, -2.97425
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Gill Pier in Westray dates from the 18th to 19th century and is a linear structure. The lower portion of the pier to the east features vertically set flagstones, while horizontally laid flagstones are found above and at the end of the pier. The southernmost point of the pier is covered with metal cladding, and the western side is clad in concrete. A wall has been built up to the east. Steps integrated into the western wall of the pier provide access to vessels. To the west of the pier, there is a flagstone slip with a concrete surface, and a smaller slip extends eastward from the northern point of the slip.
Local climate
Gill Pier, Westray 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 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 — 1 application
- 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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