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Voe House, Voe

A Category B Listed Building in Shetland North, Shetland Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 60.3496 / 60°20'58"N

Longitude: -1.2669 / 1°16'0"W

OS Eastings: 440556

OS Northings: 1163063

OS Grid: HU405630

Mapcode National: GBR R17C.S6F

Mapcode Global: XHD2C.X486

Plus Code: 9CGW8PXM+R6

Entry Name: Voe House, Voe

Listing Name: Voe, Voe House, Including Garden Wall and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 26 March 1997

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 391115

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44536

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Voe, Voe House

ID on this website: 200391115

Location: Delting

County: Shetland Islands

Electoral Ward: Shetland North

Parish: Delting

Traditional County: Shetland

Tagged with: Country house

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Description

Late 18th century. 2 storey and attic, 5 bay symmetrical country house with gabled porch projecting at centre, single bay lean to wings flanking at gables, and gabled single storey wing projecting at rear. Margined windows with projecting cills. Modern openings to wings and porch. Single windows to left and right at attic level of W and E gables respectively.

Timber sash and case windows; 12 pane at ground and plate glass at 1st floor of principal elevation; 9 and 12 pane to W and E gables respectively. Purple grey slate roofs. 5 flue apex stacks with circular cans to gables.

GARDEN WALL: random rubble wall bounding W side of garden; square rubble piers to gateway at S end, adjacent to house.

Statement of Interest

Built by Gideon Gifford, 4th of Busta, for tenant of Voe sheepwalk which was formed at that time.

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