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Maryfield House, including boundary walls and gatepiers

A Category C Listed Building in Lerwick North, Shetland Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 60.1579 / 60°9'28"N

Longitude: -1.1205 / 1°7'13"W

OS Eastings: 448922

OS Northings: 1141815

OS Grid: HU489418

Mapcode National: GBR R1LW.M73

Mapcode Global: XHF9Y.TYP5

Plus Code: 9CGW5V5H+5Q

Entry Name: Maryfield House, including boundary walls and gatepiers

Listing Name: Maryfield House, Including Boundary Walls and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 18 October 1977

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 337368

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB5879

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200337368

Location: Bressay

County: Shetland Islands

Electoral Ward: Lerwick North

Parish: Bressay

Traditional County: Shetland

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Description

Early 19th century, 2-storey and attic, 3-bay symmetrical L-plan house (now hotel). Harled W (principal) elevation, harl-pointed rubble side and rear elevations with ashlar margined openings and projecting cills. Later flat-roofed projecting entrance porch centred at ground with fixed-light in W wall, and entrance door in N wall. Windows flanking at ground, regular fenestration at 1st floor. Irregularly fenestrated side elevations, 2-storey wing advanced at left of rear elevation with stair window in re-entrant angle, modern single storey addition extending to S and E.

Modern glazing throughout, modern slate roof, stugged sandstone and cement-rendered stacks with octagonal cans.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: formal arrangement comprising square stugged sandstone gatepiers with pyramidal caps flanking principal elevation, flagstone rubble walls enclosing gardens extending to E and W. Vertically-boarded timber door offset to right in W wall of W garden, extending on to right (S) to adjoin E wall of storehouse (see separate listing).

Statement of Interest

Similar in form to Mizpah House, Maryfield is a prominent landmark on Bressay when viewed from Lerwick. With the storehouse, it forms a notable group at the point where the ferry now approaches the shore. This composition and the view of Maryfield has been compromised somewhat by the building of a modern house between the two elements.

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