17 Balfour Village, Shapinsay is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 December 1977.
17 Balfour Village, Shapinsay
- WRENN ID
- cold-courtyard-cobweb
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1977
- OS grid reference
- HY 479 165
- Coordinates
- 59.03287, -2.90932
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
15 Balfour Village in Shapinsay is a mid-19th century terrace of single-storey cottages, featuring two and three bays. The cottages are built from rubble, with Nos 21 and 22 now harled. No 13 has a blocked door and is united with No 12, while No 16 also has a blocked door. No 20 has various blocked openings. The cottages have ridge stacks and slate roofs.
Local climate
17 Balfour Village, 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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