This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the Orkney council area in central Scotland.
In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest".[1] Category A structures are those considered to be buildings of "national or international importance, either architecturally or historically".[1] Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947, and the current legislative basis for listing is the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.[1] The authority for listing rests with Historic Environment Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government, which inherited this role from the Scottish Development Department in 1991. Once listed, severe restrictions are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or its fittings. Listed building consent must be obtained from local authorities prior to any alteration to such a structure. There are approximately 47,000 listed buildings in Scotland, of which around 8 percent (some 3,800) are Category A.[1]
The council area of Orkney comprises an archipelago of around 70 islands, including 20 inhabited islands with a total population of around 20,000. There are 20 Category A listed buildings on the islands.
Name | Location | Date Listed | Grid Ref. [note 1] | Geo-coordinates | Notes | LB Number [note 2] | Image |
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Dennis Head Old Beacon, including remains of Keepers' Houses | North Ronaldsay | 8/12/1971 | HY7901255392 | 59°23′03″N 2°22′16″W / 59.384257°N 2.371185°W | 5891 | Upload another image | |
Italian Chapel, including statue | Lamb Holm | 4/6/1987 | HY4876300594 | 58°53′23″N 2°53′27″W / 58.889619°N 2.890695°W | 12728 | Upload another image | |
Hoy Sound High Lighthouse including Keepers' Houses, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers | Graemsay | 9/12/1977 | HY2680906078 | 58°56′08″N 3°16′24″W / 58.93567°N 3.273316°W | 12736 | Upload another image | |
Sule Skerry Lighthouse | Sule Skerry | 8/12/1971 | HY6219124420 | 59°06′18″N 2°39′43″W / 59.104967°N 2.661834°W | 18598 | Upload Photo | |
Balfour Castle | Shapinsay | 8/12/1971 | HY4747716435 | 59°01′54″N 2°55′00″W / 59.031704°N 2.916772°W | 18615 | Upload another image | |
Skaill House | Skara Brae, Mainland | 8/12/1971 | HY2341918614 | 59°02′51″N 3°20′12″W / 59.047625°N 3.336549°W | 18704 | Upload another image | |
Melsetter House | Hoy | 8/12/1971 | ND2707189360 | 58°47′08″N 3°15′48″W / 58.785614°N 3.263284°W | 18712 | Upload another image | |
Rysa Lodge | Hoy | 9/12/1977 | ND3060796227 | 58°50′52″N 3°12′15″W / 58.847855°N 3.204269°W | 18714 | Upload Photo | |
North Kirk (St Peter's) and Kirkyard | South Ronaldsay | 8/12/1971 | ND4707190844 | 58°48′07″N 2°55′04″W / 58.801864°N 2.917727°W | 18718 | Upload another image | |
Pentland Skerries Lighthouses | Muckle Skerry | 8/12/1971 | ND4649678415 | 58°41′25″N 2°55′29″W / 58.690186°N 2.924709°W | 18728 | Upload another image | |
Hall of Clestrain | Orphir, Mainland | 8/12/1971 | HY2965807329 | 58°56′51″N 3°13′27″W / 58.94738°N 3.224231°W | 19892 | Upload another image | |
Sandwick Kirk (St. Peter's) | Sandwick, Mainland | 9/12/1977 | HY2345419874 | 59°03′32″N 3°20′11″W / 59.058943°N 3.336379°W | 19904 | Upload another image | |
St Magnus Cathedral | Kirkwall, Broad Street | 8/12/1971 | HY4492110872 | 58°58′53″N 2°57′36″W / 58.981431°N 2.959903°W | 36668 | Upload another image | |
Orkney Museum | Kirkwall, Broad Street | 8/12/1971 | HY4485010869 | 58°58′53″N 2°57′40″W / 58.981395°N 2.961137°W | 36677 | Upload another image | |
Sheep Dyke and associated punds | North Ronaldsay | 16/9/1999 | HY7649954021 | 59°22′19″N 2°24′55″W / 59.371812°N 2.415267°W | 46400 | Upload another image | |
Melsetter House, Chapel | Hoy | 8/12/1971 | ND2703589349 | 58°47′08″N 3°15′50″W / 58.78551°N 3.263903°W | 48359 | Upload Photo | |
Melsetter House, Kitchen Garden including Tea-House and Doocot, Rookery Walls and Gatepiers | Hoy | 8/12/1971 | ND2703689273 | 58°47′05″N 3°15′50″W / 58.784827°N 3.263861°W | 48362 | Upload Photo | |
Scapa Flow Visitor Centre, former Steam Pumping Station and Oil Storage Tank | Hoy | 21/7/2006 | ND3101294647 | 58°50′01″N 3°11′48″W / 58.833734°N 3.196763°W | 50533 | Upload another image | |
Churchill Barrier No 3 Glimps Holm to Burray[2] | Glimps Holm to Burray | 18/11/2016 | 52392 | Upload another image | |||
Churchill Barrier No 4 Burray to South Ronaldsay[3] | Burray to South Ronaldsay | 18/11/2016 | 52417 | Upload another image |
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