Museums · Scottish Islands
Holland House, Papa Westray
Holland House, Papa Westray in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
Holland House, Papa Westray is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Holland Farm is a historic farm complex located on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland. The two-storey harled flagstone house with crow-stepped gables, was built by Thomas Traill as a laird's house in the early 1800s. The farm was expanded over two hundred years, and consists of a horse engine house, threshing barn, corn-drying kiln, smithy, stackyard and a lectern-style dovecote. The present complex is a working farm and includes the Bothy Museum.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Holland estate was purchased by Thomas Traill in 1637. He built his first house just north of the Holland House. The estate remained in the possession of the Traill family until 1952. George Traill built a larger house on the estate, from 1810 to 1814. When Trail's kelp-processing business declined in the 1830s, he expanded the farm complex. During this time period, Traill constructed a horse engine house, probably the first horse-powered threshing mill in Orkney.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 59.3469, -2.8999
Sources
- wikidata: Q15115108 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Holland House, Papa Westray (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Holland House, Papa Westray?
- Holland House, Papa Westray is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.3469°, -2.8999°.