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
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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