Hay's Dock And Storehouse, Freefield, Lerwick is a Grade B listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 October 1977. Dock, storehouse. 3 related planning applications.

Hay's Dock And Storehouse, Freefield, Lerwick

WRENN ID
lone-alcove-bramble
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Shetland Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 October 1977
Type
Dock, storehouse
Address
Hay's Dock And Storehouse, Freefield, Lerwick, ZE1 0WP
OS grid reference
HU 472 418
Coordinates
60.15829, -1.14988
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Hay's Dock and Storehouse, built around 1825, is an irregularly shaped dock enclosed by piers to the north, featuring a curved eastern end and a storehouse. The quay walls are constructed from large stugged sandstone blocks, with some areas including stone and cast-iron bollards and mooring rings, as well as iron cramps between the copestones. There is a slip to the south with stepped sides and a concrete-covered ramp.

The storehouse, dating from the early 19th century, has a gabled rectangular plan. Its walls are made of stugged sandstone rubble, which has been cherry-caulked, and it features stugged sandstone dressings. The corners are chamfered and corbelled out to a square shape at the first floor. As of 1995, the storehouse is roofless.

The south elevation is asymmetrical, with a small rectangular window featuring iron bars at the center, a slit window to the right, and a recess with a stone mooring bollard on the ground to the left, above which is a small square opening. The west elevation has a gable end with a wide door at the ground level and a loading door at the first floor that rises into the gablehead. The north elevation is blank, while the east elevation mirrors the west elevation but has a narrower door at ground level.

Local climate

Hay's Dock And Storehouse, Freefield, Lerwick sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% 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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