Old Manse Of Firth, Cursiter is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Manse.

Old Manse Of Firth, Cursiter

WRENN ID
western-lantern-soot
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
Manse
OS grid reference
HY 379 124
Coordinates
58.99448, -3.08078
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Manse of Firth in Cursiter is a traditional building dating from around 1811. It stands two and a half storeys tall and is finished with harled walls and a slated roof. The building features corbie steps.

Local climate

Old Manse Of Firth, Cursiter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% 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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