Skaill House is a Grade A listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. House. 6 related planning applications.
Skaill House
- WRENN ID
- deep-rotunda-starling
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Skaill House, KW16 3LR
- OS grid reference
- HY 234 186
- Coordinates
- 59.04762, -3.33656
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Skaill House is a historic building with its oldest part likely dating from the early 17th century, although it was altered in 1676 and later. The original structure consists of three arms surrounding a courtyard, with a screen wall on the west side. It has two and a half storeys and is harled. The northern arm features corbie steps, while the southern arm has skews. A modern rear porch includes an armorial panel from Breckness House. In the 18th century, the courtyard was filled in to accommodate a stair. To the north, there is a stable yard that includes a brew-house and a harness-room. The property has extensive additions from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Local climate
Skaill House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 6 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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