Lodge, Balfour Castle, Shapinsay is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Gate-lodge. 2 related planning applications.
Lodge, Balfour Castle, Shapinsay
- WRENN ID
- idle-keep-finch
- 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
- Gate-lodge
- Address
- Lodge, Balfour Castle, Shapinsay, KW17 2DY
- OS grid reference
- HY 478 163
- Coordinates
- 59.03103, -2.91037
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The lodge at Balfour Castle in Shapinsay was built around 1850, possibly designed by David Bryce. It features an arch with a mock portcullis, flanked by twin lodges. The building has a corbelled parapet and is constructed from stugged ashlar stone. The fore-court is enclosed by walls that include circular turrets, and there is a jetty present.
Local climate
Lodge, Balfour Castle, Shapinsay 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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