Brough Lodge

Brough Lodge is a former manor house on the Scottish Shetland Fetlar. In 1998 the property was included in the Scottish monument lists first in the category B. Then in 2007 took place this advancement in the highest category A.

History

In 1805 came Arthur Nicolson, 8th Baronet as partial compensation for the debts of the deceased Andrew Bruce in 1803 in the possession of the island of Fetlar. Nicolson first inhabited the approximately two kilometers away Haa of Urie. In December 1818, the first specific for the Brough Lodge building materials reached the Shetland Islands and the building was finally completed in 1825. Maybe it was already in front of a location Haas. Unusually for a mansion on a small island just a few traditions from the construction period and the subsequent history are preserved. In the decades after the completion of the surrounding garden landscape was coined. In 1840, a Folly founded on the site of an Iron Age Broch. Brough Lodge was inherited through generations within the family. Nevertheless, it stood empty for extended periods, so that it was in poor condition in 1891 in the collection of Arthur Nicolson, 10th Baronet. In the 1970s, left the last resident Brough Lodge and finally died in 1988. Around twenty years later, the heiress signed over the estate of a local group that is committed to its repair.

Description

Brough Lodge is located near the west coast Fetlars opposite the neighboring island Hascosay to one of the two paved roads on the island. Architecturally does not correspond to the Brough Lodge to the style of the Shetland Islands. Probably took Arthur Nicolson inspiration from his many years of travel through Central and Southern Europe and let them flow into the building. So united in Brough Lodge of neo-Gothic style with elements of Moorish architecture. The masonry is made of polished sandstone and is partially finished with Harl. The two-story main building is flanked on both sides by one-story wings. Based on a photograph from the first half of the 20th century can be understood that the building was once covered on both sides with a turret, which the castle-like character reinforced. The Folly is beyond the building and was formerly used as an observatory.