Boat-Roofed Shed, Skaw Cottage, Unst is a Grade C listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1998. Shed.

Boat-Roofed Shed, Skaw Cottage, Unst

WRENN ID
sacred-finial-ebony
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
Shed
OS grid reference
HP 658 164
Coordinates
60.82511, -0.79101
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The boat-roofed shed at Skaw Cottage in Unst dates from around 1940. This outbuilding is located to the north of Skaw Cottage and features a roughly oval base made of battered random rubble. The southeast side of the shed has a centrally positioned door, and the roof is made from an overturned and tarred former lifeboat.

Local climate

Boat-Roofed Shed, Skaw Cottage, Unst 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 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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