Kirk And Kirkyard, Biggings, Papa Stour is a Grade B listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 October 1977. Church.
Kirk And Kirkyard, Biggings, Papa Stour
- WRENN ID
- scarred-stronghold-pigeon
- 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
- Church
- OS grid reference
- HU 177 600
- Coordinates
- 60.32415, -1.68106
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kirk and Kirkyard in Biggings, Papa Stour, is an 1806 symmetrical hall church with a rectangular plan. The exterior features harled walls with stugged sandstone dressings. The east elevation has a two-leaf vertically boarded timber door, with a four-pane timber sash and case window centered in the gable above. At the apex, there is an ashlar birdcage bellcote topped with a pyramidal stone roof and a bell. The north elevation has a twelve-pane timber fixed light window to the left and a sash and case window to the right. The west gable contains a stained glass memorial window depicting a religious scene, while the south elevation features twelve-pane timber sash and case windows flanking the center.
The roof is covered in purple slate, with harled skew copes and ridge tiles.
Inside, the church has timber fittings, including a balustraded front pew with ball finialled newels and turned spindles that match the balustrade of the pulpit, which is centered on the west wall and has symmetrically disposed steps. The ceiling is lined with timber.
The kirkyard is enclosed by a random rubble wall and contains some 17th century gravestones. Square rubble piers flank the gate at the northeast corner.
Local climate
Kirk And Kirkyard, Biggings, Papa Stour sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 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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