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Latitude: 60.5988 / 60°35'55"N
Longitude: -0.8192 / 0°49'9"W
OS Eastings: 464768
OS Northings: 1191175
OS Grid: HU647911
Mapcode National: GBR S0BQ.M6V
Mapcode Global: XHF7Y.RVYP
Plus Code: 9CGXH5XJ+G8
Entry Name: Round House, Gruting, Fetlar
Listing Name: Gruting, Round House
Listing Date: 30 March 1998
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392101
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45270
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200392101
Location: Fetlar
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: North Isles
Parish: Fetlar
Traditional County: Shetland
Tagged with: Office building Holiday home Summer house
Early 19th century. Single storey classical summerhouse (now ruinous, 1997) comprising circular principal chamber with lower wings to E and W, curving forward to flank entrance loggia at S framed by engaged columns. Fireplace to E side of principal chamber.
Built by Sir Arthur Nicolson of Lochend, who bought most of Fetlar from the Bruces. Sir Arthur is reputed to have only stayed one night in the buildings due to sinister ?noises?. Although in an advanced state of ruin, the remains suggest the principal chamber probably had a shallow-pitched conical slate roof, circumvented by a shallow mono-pitched roof over the wings and loggia, the latter fronting a glazed entrance screen. Despite its current condition, the Round House is interesting as there are no other buildings of its type in Shetland.
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