Brough Lodge
Brough Lodge is a former manor house on the Scottish Shetland island of Fetlar . In 1998 the property was included in the Scottish Monument Lists, initially in Category B. In 2007 it was upgraded to the highest category A.
history
In 1805 Arthur Nicolson, 8th Baronet , came into the possession of the island of Fetlar as partial compensation for the debts of Andrew Bruce, who died in 1803 . Nicolson initially lived in the Haa of Urie, about two kilometers away . In December 1818, the first building materials destined for the Brough Lodge reached the Shetland Islands and the building was finally completed in 1825. It may have been the location of a Haas before that. Unusually for a mansion on a small island, only a few records from the construction time and further history have survived. In the decades after completion, the surrounding garden landscape was shaped. Around 1840 a folder was created on the site of an Iron Age brochure . Brough Lodge has been inherited within the family for generations. Nevertheless, it was empty for long periods of time, so that it was in poor condition when Arthur Nicolson, 10th Baronet moved in in 1891 . In the 1970s, the last resident left Brough Lodge and finally died in 1988. Around twenty years later, the heiress handed the property over to a local group that is trying to restore it.
description
Brough Lodge is located near the west coast of Fetlar across from the neighboring island of Hascosay on one of the island's two paved roads. Architecturally, the Brough Lodge does not correspond to the style of the Shetland Islands. Arthur Nicolson probably took inspiration from his many years of travel through Central and Southern Europe and incorporated them into the building. Brough Lodge combines the neo-Gothic style with elements of Moorish architecture. The masonry is made of polished sandstone and is partially plastered with Harl . The two-story main building is flanked on both sides by single-story wings. Using a photograph from the first half of the 20th century, it can be understood that the building once had oriel turrets on both sides, which reinforced the castle-like character. The folly is beyond the building and was previously used as an observatory .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Information about the Brough Lodge
- ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Web presence of Brough Lodge
- Entry on Brough Lodge in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 60 ° 36 ′ 45.2 " N , 0 ° 56 ′ 31.7" W.