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Report on 'The St Kilda Manse, a review of its development circa 1820 - today, for the National Trust for Scotland & Historic Scotland', 2008.
MS 6959
Description Report on 'The St Kilda Manse, a review of its development circa 1820 - today, for the National Trust for Scotland & Historic Scotland', 2008.
Date 3/2008
Collection Copies of records from the National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number MS 6959
Category Manuscripts
Scope and Content This paper (31 pages, with photographs, plans and diagrams) gives a review of the development of the manse on St Kilda, based mainly on the secondary sources highlighted by Harman and Robson, with study of certain archive material referenced by them. The church and manse were built in 1827-1828 to a design by Robert Stevenson. The Revd Neil Mackenzie, with wife and young family, moved in in 1830; slating and window-pane repairs, the building of a porch, also a library and byre took place, and the glebe was enclosed by a drystane dyke, before they left in 1844. Used by the Free Church from 1853, the Revd Mackay was appointed in 1865, followed by the Revd Fiddes, who proposed alterations and the addition of a schoolroom. In 1903 it was extended from four rooms to six rooms by Wm Bain and Son of Lochmaddy, and further work undertaken in 1908. In 1918 it was damaged (its windows were blown out) in a German U-Boat attack, but had been repaired by 1920. Following the depopulation of the archipelago it was sold by MacLeod of MacLeod to the Earl of Dumfries, who maintained it until the 2nd World War, but by 1955 it was 'usable but barely habitable'. It was bequeathed to the National Trust for Scotland by the Marquis of Bute in 1956, who then entered into a lease with the Ministry of Defence, who used it, with certain alterations, as a sergeant's mess. In 1969 it was decided to renovate the manse in its entirety. Two bedrooms, a bathroom, shower and toilets were added; it has been maintained in this form since then, with only minor alterations.
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