Sandness, St Margaret's Kirk And Graveyard, War Memorial
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (18th Century), Gate Pier(S) (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century) (1921)
Site Name Sandness, St Margaret's Kirk And Graveyard, War Memorial
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Church (18th Century), Gate Pier(S) (Period Unassigned), War Memorial(S) (20th Century) (1921)
Alternative Name(s) Sandness Church; Sandness War Memorial Cross; Sandness War Memorial
Canmore ID 179707
Site Number HU15NE 39
NGR HU 19137 57642
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/179707
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
2 x 1-bay symmetrical hall church. Harled walls. Hoppered 9-pane timber windows flanking centre of S elevation. Cement-rendered infill to door centred in E gable; pointed-arched opening in gabled stugged ashlar bellcote at gablehead. 2-bay N elevation with 9-pane timber window in bay to right, modern 2-leaf doors inserted in bay to left. Border-glazed stained glazing to pointed-arched windows in 2-bay W gable. Purple-grey slate roof with harled skew copes. There is a stone on the east gable inscribed 'Fear God 1645'. (Historic Scotland).
