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Foula, Haa Of Foula

Lairds House (18th Century)

Site Name Foula, Haa Of Foula

Classification Lairds House (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Ham

Canmore ID 179676

Site Number HT93NE 11

NGR HT 97429 38889

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/179676

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  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Walls And Sandness
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Site Management (10 November 2023)

Late 18th century, with addition of circa 1910. Single storey and attic 3-bay laird's house of rectangular plan, with substantial single storey square-plan castellated Tudor incomplete double-doored porch projecting from principal elevation, and single storey lean-to addition projecting at rear. Harled walls to early house and rear addition, stugged squared and snecked sandstone walls to porch with stugged sandstone ashlar dressings and details.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: ground floor in centre bay obscured by porch; window in flanking bays (narrow at right), harled and gabled dormerhead to dormer breaking eaves in centre bay, blank at 1st floor in bay to left, window below eaves in bay to right. Asymmetrical elevations to porch projecting in centre bay; moulded and splayed reveals to openings; E elevation, narrow and square windows to left and right of centre respectively; S elevation, pointed-arched entrance door and narrow window to left and right respectively; mirrored arrangement (with smaller door) to N elevation; cornice at eaves of E elevation linking to corbel of nacent circular bartizan at SE corner.

S GABLE: asymmetrical, 2-bay gable with single window at ground in bay to left, and narrow windows in each bay at attic.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: lean-to addition projecting at ground, harled stone dormerhead to dormer breaking eaves in centre bay.

N GABLE: blank.

Modern glazing throughout; felted roofs; harled skew-copes and gablehead stacks with stone copes and circular cans.

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Note (9 September 2011)

This site record was created to indicate a building which is, or was, listed but for which Canmore holds no supplementary information. Further information on listed buildings is available from http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/

Information from RCAHMS (SC) 9 September 2011

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