Newstead is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 September 1999. Cottage.

Newstead

WRENN ID
vast-transept-crow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 September 1999
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
HY 241 027
Coordinates
58.90519, -3.31772
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Newstead is a single-storey, three-bay cottage built in the later to late 19th century, with some alterations. It has a symmetrical, rectangular plan and is situated on rising ground to the west, adjacent to a former mill complex that is now derelict. There is also a small, single-storey ancillary building made of random rubble, which may have been rebuilt later, located to the northeast.

The cottage is constructed from random rubble, with windows positioned close to the eaves and featuring deep-set openings. On the east (principal) elevation, there is a boarded door in the central bay, with a window in each of the flanking bays. The west (rear) elevation has a central window, while the south (side) elevation includes a window set to the left, with a gablehead stack above.

The windows have been replaced with timber frames that include top-hung upper lights. The roof is covered with replacement grey slate and features a stone ridge, corniced rubble gablehead stacks, and thack stanes. A flagstone path runs along the east elevation, bordered by a low, flagstone-coped drystone wall, and there are cast-iron rainwater goods on the west side.

The ancillary building has a deep-set door on the east side and is topped with a corrugated-iron roof.

Local climate

Newstead sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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, 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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