Nether Benzieclett is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 December 1977. House.
Nether Benzieclett
- WRENN ID
- mired-corbel-bittern
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1977
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- HY 280 205
- Coordinates
- 59.06607, -3.2568
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Nether Benzieclett is a very old, single-storey house that was occupied until recently. It is constructed of drystone and has a flagged roof, which is mostly missing. The interior includes a sella with an ale-hurry, a fire-room with a neuk bed, and a byre. There is a chamber at the west end that was originally detached, and there is a comparatively modern outbuilding.
Local climate
Nether Benzieclett sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 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 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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