Fetlar, Brough Lodge & Gatepiers
Gate Pier(S) (19th Century), Lodge (19th Century)
Site Name Fetlar, Brough Lodge & Gatepiers
Classification Gate Pier(S) (19th Century), Lodge (19th Century)
Canmore ID 232134
Site Number HU59SE 24
NGR HU 58002 92644
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 101227
Bell tower, detail of window on ground floor
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DP 101232
View of house and gatepiers from NW
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DP 101234
Arched entrance to courtyard with pediment and armorial panel above, view from W
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DP 101241
S facade, view from S
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DP 101243
S facade, detail of carved cross with round terminals on buttress, Brough Lodge, Fetlar.
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DP 101250
Detail of chimney stack on W range of main block
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DP 101257
'Chapel', view from NW
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DP 101266
Tower on remains of broch, view from W
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DP 101285
Byre to E of house, view from NE
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DP 101302
Interior. Ground floor, stair hall, view of staircase (bubble wrapped)
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DP 101326
Interior. Bothy to N of main house, view from S showing blocked openings
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1/7/2011
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DP 145584
General oblique aerial view of Brough Lodge, Fetlar, looking S.
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DP 101248
Detail of turret corbel at SE corner of main house
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DP 101252
Tower on remains of broch, view from SW
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DP 101263
Tower on remains of broch, detail of corbelled turret
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DP 101265
Tower on remains of broch, view from NW
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DP 101274
Outer courtyard to N of house, view of archway and 'chhapel' from SE
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1/7/2011
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DP 101278
House and tower on remains of broch, general view from NE. Brough Lodge, Fetlar.
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DP 101286
View of house from NE
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DP 101303
Interior. Ground floor, stair hall, view of staircase
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DP 101316
Interior. Attic, view showing filled in parapet and temporary corrugated roof
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DP 101325
Interior. Ground floor, S central room , view from E showing curved wall at W end
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1/7/2011
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DP 101327
Interior. Bothy to N of main house, view from N showing blocked openings
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1/7/2011
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DP 145582
General oblique aerial view of Brough Lodge and Oddsta Ferry Terminal, Fetlar, looking NE.
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DP 145587
Oblique aerial view of Brough Lodge, Fetlar, looking NE.
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DP 260740
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DP 101222
View from NW
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DP 101235
Detail of armorial panel above arched entrance to courtyard, view from W
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1/7/2011
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DP 101240
S facade, view from SW
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1/7/2011
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DP 101251
Tower and remains of broch, general view from SW
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DP 101253
Walled garden, tower and remains of broch, general view from SW
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DP 101264
Tower on remains of broch, turret to S, view from N
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DP 101268
Tower on remains of broch and barn to N of main house, general view from W
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DP 101270
Barn to N of main house, view from SW
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1/7/2011
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DP 101279
Tower on remains of broch, general view from E
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DP 101287
Tower on remains of broch, view from S. Brough Lodge, Fetlar.
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DP 101288
View of house from NNE
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DP 101306
Interior, Brough Lodge, Fetlar. Ground floor, stair hall, view from E
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1/7/2011
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DP 101308
Interior. Stair hall, view from landing to W
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DP 101311
Interior. 1st floor, N central room, view from SE
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DP 101315
Interior. Attic, view showing temporary corrugated roof and wall head
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DP 101318
Interior. Detail of specimen fireplace
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1/7/2011
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DP 101329
Interior. Ground floor, pantry, view from S
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1/7/2011
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DP 101330
Garden to E of house, view from W
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1/7/2011
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Fetlar, Brough Lodge, Ground plan
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
28/6/2011
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DP 145581
General oblique aerial view of Brough Lodge, Fetlar, looking NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
22/9/2012
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DP 145588
Oblique aerial view of Brough Lodge, Fetlar, looking NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
22/9/2012
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DP 260735
Oblique aerial view.
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DP 101225
Bell tower, view from NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1/7/2011
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DP 101237
Detail of arched entrance to courtyard
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1/7/2011
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DP 101245
S facade, detail of tracery window at 1st floor level
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
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DP 101254
Main house, view from E
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1/7/2011
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DP 101261
Tower on remains of broch, turret to S, view from N
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1/7/2011
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DP 101277
House and tower on remains of broch, general view from E
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DP 101289
Outer courtyard, view from SE
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DP 101291
View of house from walled garden to SE
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DP 101299
S facade, view from SE
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DP 101301
S facade, Brough Lodge, Fetlar, detail of tracery window at 1st floor level
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1/7/2011
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DP 101309
Interior. Stair hall, detail of partition cutting through curve of wall
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DP 260738
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DP 101246
Detail of turret corbel at SW corner of main house
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DP 101247
Detail of turret corbel at SW corner of main house
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DP 101256
Well to NW of house, view from S
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DP 101258
Main house and courtyard, view from NW
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DP 101259
Tower on remains of broch, view of gatehouse from NW
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DP 101262
Tower on remains of broch, view from S
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DP 101267
Tower on remains of broch, view from W
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DP 101269
Barn to N of main house, view from NW
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DP 101271
General view from N
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DP 101276
'Chapel', view from NE
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DP 101305
Interior view of ground stairs with detail of balusters on staircase, Brough Lodge, Fetlar.
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DP 101313
Interior. 1st floor, N central room, detail of window on N wall
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DP 101320
Interior. Ground floor, W central room, view from NW
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DP 101328
Interior. Bothy to N of main house, view of W wall showing blocked openings
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DP 145583
General oblique aerial view of Brough Lodge, Fetlar, looking SSW.
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22/9/2012
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DP 197123
Oblique aerial view of Brough Lodge and Snabrough, Fetlar looking NNE.
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15/8/2014
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Oblique aerial view.
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DP 101223
Decorative arch, view from W with tower on site of broch beyond
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DP 101228
Bell tower, detail of arched window above entrance, Brough Lodge, Fetlar.
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DP 101230
Detail of carved cross with round terminals on wall to S of decorative arch
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DP 101238
Bay window on W wall of main house, view from NW
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DP 101242
S facade, buttress, view from S
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DP 101244
S facade, detail of triple arched window at ground floor level
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DP 101249
S facade, detail of carved decorative arrow slit on buttress
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DP 101255
Main house and gatepiers, view from NW
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DP 101272
Inner courtyard to N of house, view from W
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DP 101282
Tower on remains of broch, view from E
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DP 101290
Barn to N of house and walled enclosures to E, view from E
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DP 101294
View from ESE
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DP 101295
View from E
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DP 101297
View from SW
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DP 101298
S facade, view from S
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DP 101314
Interior. 1st floor, N central room, detail of fireplace on E wall
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1/7/2011
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DP 101324
Interior. Ground floor, S central room, view fromW showing fireplace
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Oblique aerial view.
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Fetlar
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Distinctive and picturesque lodge-house complex in Castellated-Gothick style with Classical and Moorish detailing to screen walls. Predominantly harl-pointed random rubble walls with polished and droved sandstone ashlar dressings; brick dressings to N screen wall. Comprises symmetrical 2-storey house with single-storey wings flanking to E and W. Classical entrance gateway in screen wall to W; single-storey 2-bay pavilion outbuilding with 2-stage tower terminates wall to N;
Brough Lodge and its ancillary structures are arguably Shetland's most unusual group of 19th century buildings. The idiosyncratic application of styles and details used throughout this group of buildings is highly representative of the romanticised late 18th and early 19th century interest in military and foreign architecture. The group is a prominent landmark in the Fetlar landscape occupying higher ground overlooking Colgrave Sound. Brough Lodge was built for Arthur Nicolson of Lochend who had bought most of Fetlar from the Bruce family. By claiming the inheritance of a distant relation, he became Sir Arthur Nicolson in 1826. (The Nicolson Coat of Arms is set in the courtyard wall). Historic Scotland)
