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This is a list of listed buildings in Orkney, Scotland. The list is split out by parish. List of listed buildings in Birsay And Harray, Orkney; List of listed buildings in Cross And Burness, Orkney; List of listed buildings in Eday, Orkney; List of listed buildings in Evie And Rendall, Orkney; List of listed buildings in Firth, Orkney
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.
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type." [1]
The houses have similarities to those of the early phase of the better-known settlement at Skara Brae in that they have central hearths, beds built against the walls and stone dressers, and internal drains, [4] but differ in that the houses seem to have been free-standing. The settlement dates back to circa 3000 BC.
Breckness House is the ruined two-storey mansion built by the Bishop of Orkney, George Graham in 1633. It can be found on the southwest coast of Mainland, Orkney, about 3 km west of the town of Stromness. The house is a large L-shaped building and was built with rubble and clay. The remaining walls stand two storeys high.
Trumland. Trumland is a Category B listed house and associated estate on Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland, built in its present form in the 1870s.Designed by David Bryce (1803–1876), the house was commissioned by Sir F W Traill-Burroughs (1831–1905) as a new family home after his marriage to Eliza D’Oyly Geddes (1849–1908) in 1870.
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Holland Farm is a historic estate and farm complex located south of Mickelgarth village on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland. The present house was built between the years 1810 to 1814 by the Traill family of Holland. The Traill family owned the island of Papa Westray from the 17th century to the end of the 19th century. [1]