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Steading Adjoining Threshing Barn, Tresness House, Sanday

A Category B Listed Building in Lady, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 59.2346 / 59°14'4"N

Longitude: -2.521 / 2°31'15"W

OS Eastings: 370371

OS Northings: 1038780

OS Grid: HY703387

Mapcode National: GBR N44B.1V6

Mapcode Global: XH9SS.H4MY

Plus Code: 9CFV6FMH+RJ

Entry Name: Steading Adjoining Threshing Barn, Tresness House, Sanday

Listing Name: Sanday, Tresness House and Steading

Listing Date: 22 February 1989

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 345552

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB12676

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200345552

Location: Lady

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: North Isles

Parish: Lady

Traditional County: Orkney

Tagged with: Farmstead

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Description

17th/18th and 19th century buildings comprising farm houses
and steading. Rubble, ashlar dressings, most roofs slated.
HOUSE is single storey and crow-stepped; said to date
from circa 1650, but it may be 18th century; whitewashed,
deepened on plan by addition to courtyard with main roof
continued and swept over addition; 3 wide bays with gabled
centre porch; end stacks, one heightened; wing to right
forms L-plan, and is 19th century in appearance. STEADING
essentially a long row, crow-stepped tall barn at end
dates probably from 18th century, large octagonal horsemill
adjoins; lower ranges, part with corrugated iron roof.

Statement of Interest

Report in Aberdeen Press and Journal 28.6.1988

states that Tresness was "built in 1650 by the Traill

family who went to Orkney with the brother of Mary Queen

of Scots"; it is said to occupy the site of a Viking

long house.

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