Bayhall House, Walls is a Grade B listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 November 1974. 2 related planning applications.
Bayhall House, Walls
- WRENN ID
- endless-bracket-starling
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Shetland Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1974
- Address
- Bayhall House, Walls, ZE2 9PF
- OS grid reference
- HU 243 493
- Coordinates
- 60.22767, -1.56307
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Haa of Bayhall is a three-storey, three-bay, symmetrical former laird's house from the mid-18th century, which was converted into three flats in 1978. It features a two-storey, three-bay wing to the southeast gable, known as Bayhall House. The building is constructed of harled rubble with ashlar margins, and the Haa of Bayhall is painted white. The listing excludes the pier, slipway, and outbuilding to the southwest as per the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.
Both buildings have grey slated roofs, raised skews, and gable chimney stacks. They also feature single-storey porches at the rear (northeast) and two window openings on the first floor of the northwest elevation.
The windows of the Haa of Bayhall are mainly 12-pane replacement timber sash and case windows, while Bayhall House has timber sash and case windows with various glazing patterns, including plate glass and 2-over-2-pane windows.
The interior was partially observed in 2016. The Haa of Bayhall has been refurbished for its conversion to flats and includes an internal stairway with one rounded wall to the northwest. The interior of Bayhall House features a significant amount of timber lining and a straight internal stair leading to the upper storey.
Rubble garden walls are present to the north.
Local climate
Bayhall House, Walls 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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