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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. | + | '''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 - Shetland Museum and Archives JR00218.jpg
Symbister House in the 1880's.<br>Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.
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 |
