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[[Image:Symbister House - Shetland Museum and Archives JR00218.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Symbister House in the 1880's.<br>Photo from [[Shetland Museum and Archives]].]]
 
[[Image:Symbister House - Shetland Museum and Archives JR00218.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Symbister House in the 1880's.<br>Photo from [[Shetland Museum and Archives]].]]
 
[[Image:Symbister House 08.jpg|thumb|250px|Symbister House 2008]]
 
[[Image:Symbister House 08.jpg|thumb|250px|Symbister House 2008]]
'''Symbister House''', [[Whalsay]], was built in [[1823]] by the sixth Laird [[Bruce of Symbister - Grant's County Families|Bruce of Symbister]], '''Robert Bruce (2)''', at a cost of £30.000, despite using forced labour.<br>It is built of Nesting granite, from a quarry in North Nesting, and is one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in the North Scotland area.<br>The last resident Laird died in [[1944]], and in [[1960]], Symbister House became the [[Whalsay School|local school]]. A new building has been erected nearby for the primary school, but the secondary pupils still use the original building. It has undergone an extensive refurbishment, interiors at all levels re-instated to excellent condition , and the wings that were added and given flat roofs in 1960, have been subsequently re-covered with peaked, slate covered roofs.  
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'''Symbister House''', [[Whalsay]], was built in [[1823]] by the sixth Laird [[Bruce of Symbister - Grant's County Families|Bruce of Symbister]], '''Robert Bruce (2)''', at a cost of £30.000, despite using forced labour.
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It is built of Nesting granite, from a quarry in North Nesting, and is one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in the North Scotland area.<br>The last resident Laird died in [[1944]], and in [[1960]], Symbister House became the [[Whalsay School|local school]]. A new building has been erected nearby for the primary school, but the secondary pupils still use the original building. It has undergone an extensive refurbishment, interiors at all levels re-instated to excellent condition, and the wings that were added and given flat roofs in 1960, have been subsequently re-covered with peaked, slate covered roofs.  
  
 
[[Robert Hunter Bell]] died in the house in [[1907]].
 
[[Robert Hunter Bell]] died in the house in [[1907]].
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|[[Image:Anne Bruce of Symbister - Shetland Museum and Archives NE02983.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A group of men carrying Mrs Anne Bruce of Symbister House, wife of Robert Bruce, on sedan in the 1890's.<br>Photo from [[Shetland Museum and Archives]].]]
 
|[[Image:Anne Bruce of Symbister - Shetland Museum and Archives NE02983.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A group of men carrying Mrs Anne Bruce of Symbister House, wife of Robert Bruce, on sedan in the 1890's.<br>Photo from [[Shetland Museum and Archives]].]]

Revision as of 12:00, 22 October 2016

File:Symbister House 08.jpg
Symbister House 2008

Symbister House, Whalsay, was built in 1823 by the sixth Laird Bruce of Symbister, Robert Bruce (2), at a cost of £30.000, despite using forced labour.

It is built of Nesting granite, from a quarry in North Nesting, and is one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in the North Scotland area.<br>The last resident Laird died in 1944, and in 1960, Symbister House became the local school. A new building has been erected nearby for the primary school, but the secondary pupils still use the original building. It has undergone an extensive refurbishment, interiors at all levels re-instated to excellent condition, and the wings that were added and given flat roofs in 1960, have been subsequently re-covered with peaked, slate covered roofs.

Robert Hunter Bell died in the house in 1907.

File:Anne Bruce of Symbister - Shetland Museum and Archives NE02983.jpg
A group of men carrying Mrs Anne Bruce of Symbister House, wife of Robert Bruce, on sedan in the 1890's.<br>Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.
File:Doocot Symbister House.JPG
Doocot behind the house
File:Stables - Symbister House.JPG
Stables on the backside of the house