Detail of damaged side wall and netted thatched roof; Norse Mill, Huxter.
DP 240937
Description Detail of damaged side wall and netted thatched roof; Norse Mill, Huxter.
Date 23/4/2015
Collection Records of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, London, England
Catalogue Number DP 240937
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content One of three later 19th century mills situated by a stream and on a hill sloping to the west. All three mills were originally thatched, the listed building description stating the ‘thatched roofs [were] secured by simmonds and linkstanes’. The lowest mill (north west) is the most recent to have had a thatched roof, which, according to a local person, was last thatched a few years ago by the Shetland Crofthouse Museum who maintain the buildings. Whilst there is visible evidence of thatching material still in situ on the north west mill building, most of the thatched roof is now missing. Evidence of a turf underlay and straw top coat can be seen. A layer of fishing net has been installed between the thatch and the top coat of thatch, which has mostly been lost. The thatch was weighted using string, stones and metal poles at the eaves, which are still in situ. The notes of the listed building description read ‘these recently restored mills were last used during the Second World War’.
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