Mail Church

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 26/03/1997 Local Authority Shetland Islands Planning Authority Shetland Islands Parish Dunrossness NGR HU 42971 27977 Coordinates 442971, 1127977 — Earlier 19th century. Former manse with church to W, grouped on south-facing shore-front site. KIRK: 3-bay hall church with porches to E gable and S elevation. Harled walls. Segmental-arched windows. N ELEVATION: symmetrical, with regular fenestration. E GABLE: projecting porch with window in gable and vertically-boarded timber door in N side. S ELEVATION: asymmetrical; gabled entrance porch (with window) to right of centre; regular fenestration in 2 bays at left. W GABLE: single window to right of centre. 4-pane timber fixed-lights, hoppered to W porch. Purple-grey slate pitched roofs with concrete skew copes to hall and porches. Shouldered apex stack to porch gable with cope and octagonal can. MANSE: 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical house. Cement-rendered walls and margined windows with projecting cills; all painted. S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical, modern conservatory projecting at ground in centre bay; windows in flanking bays and regular fenestration at 1st floor. E ELEVATION: single storey garage with mono-pitch roof projecting at ground. blank above. N (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-storey tower advanced at centre bay, regular fenestration at ground and 1st floors. Parapetted garage elevation with 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber doors extending to right. 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Purple-grey slate piended roof. Pair of stone-coped ridge stacks with octagonal cans. — The former church and manse form a prominent group at the waterside on the main route north from Sumburgh.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.