Bressay Kirk

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 18/10/1977 Supplementary Information Updated 06/12/2019 Local Authority Shetland Islands Planning Authority Shetland Islands Parish Bressay NGR HU 49318 40992 Coordinates 449318, 1140992 — 1809-1814. Near-symmetrical three by two-bay hall church of rectangular plan. Harled walls with droved ashlar margins to openings. West (entrance) gable: near-symmetrical. Two-leaf vertically-boarded timber entrance door with plate glass fanlight in segmental-arched opening offset to right. Flanking marble war memorials set in margined recesses. Windows flanking centre in gable. Ashlar bellcote on harled plinth at gablehead. South elevation: symmetrical, tall round-arched windows flanking centre and windows in bays to outer left and right. North elevation: symmetrical. Windows flank a central vestry. Vestry with timber sash and case window and vertically-boarded timber door in west wall. Coped chimney stack on south gable. East gable: entrance door at ground in bay to left. Windows flanking centre in gable. Stained glass memorial windows of 1896 and 1895 flanking pulpit. Some leaded windows with coloured glass surviving. Purple-grey slate roof with ashlar skew copes. Interior: flagged floors in entrance vestibules to east and west, dog-leg timber stairs leading off and rising to panelled and grained U-plan gallery supported to timber columns and with raked timber pews. Panelled timber pulpit at centre of south wall with a gothic panel at the rear with engaged, ball finials. The pulpit is flanked by stained glass windows and marble memorials to Mouat family. Vertically-boarded timber wainscoting to hall, timber floor and pews. Timber lining with strapwork to ceiling and gables. Kirkyard Wall: drystone walls enclosing kirkyard to south and east. Ashlar and rubble e

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.