Skeo, Symbister, Whalsay is a Grade C listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1998. Fish store. 1 related planning application.

Skeo, Symbister, Whalsay

WRENN ID
small-footing-saffron
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Shetland Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 1998
Type
Fish store
Address
Skeo, Symbister, Whalsay, ZE2 9AA
OS grid reference
HU 538 622
Coordinates
60.34114, -1.02553
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Skeo is a former fish store built in the later 19th century. It features a symmetrical design made of random rubble granite with long and short granite dressings. The south gable has modern two-leaf vertically-boarded timber doors and there are eight slit ventilators arranged in two tiers of four on each side of the building. The north gable, which faces the sea, has a segmental-arched doorway that is infilled with rubble. The roof is made of corrugated iron.

Local climate

Skeo, Symbister, Whalsay 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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