Symbister House, Whalsay

Name: Symbister House
Address: Whalsay, United Kingdom

#11 among attractions in Whalsay

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Symbister House is a former country house in Symbister, Whalsay island, in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It was built in 1823 by the Bruce family who were lairds of the island for about 300 years from the 16th century. Since 1964 it has been the Whalsay Secondary School, after it fell into disuse following the death of the last of the landlord occupants of the house in 1944. Built in an elegant Georgian architectural style, it is categorized officially as a category B Listed Building and heritage structure. ()

Built: 1823 (201 years ago)Coordinates: 60°20'20"N, 1°1'13"W

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Whalsay United Kingdom

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Symbister House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skate of Marrister, Whalsay Parish Church, Pier House Museum, East Linga.

1.2 miN
Island
Skate of Marrister
31 min walk • The Skate of Marrister is a flat ledge that extends about 300 yards from the western shore of Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It is slightly more than 1 mile north-north-west from Symbister Ness off the village of Marrister, in Linga Sound. At low tide the ledge rises 5 feet above the water.
2.3 miN
Church
Whalsay Parish Church, Whalsay
59 min walk • Whalsay Parish Church or Whalsay Kirk is a Church of Scotland parish church on the island of Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It lies to the north of the village of Brough, on the southern part of a promontory known as Kirk Ness, connected to the mainland by a neck of land.
~1450 ftNW
Museum
Pier House Museum
7 min walk • The Pier House Museum is a museum in Symbister, Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
4.7 miE
Island
East Linga
119 min walk • East Linga is one of the Shetland Islands. It lies between Whalsay, and Grif Skerry to the east.
4.7 miNE
Island
Nista
120 min walk • Nista is a small islet of the Shetland Islands of Scotland, situated roughly 2 kilometres east off the coast of Whalsay. It lies to the north of Mooa. The Trota Stack lies just off the north side of the islet. The highest point of the islet is 63 feet.
1 miE
Forts and castles
Huxter Fort, Whalsay
27 min walk • Huxter Fort is an Iron Age fortification on the island of Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland, dating to around 300 BC. It is on an islet in the Loch of Huxter, connected to the shore by a causeway.
5.5 miE
Island
Grif Skerry
141 min walk • Grif Skerry is an islet to the east of Whalsay in the Shetland Islands. Its name comes from the Norse or Norn for "deep sea skerry". The island is uninhabited, although there are some buildings on it. These are mostly fishermen's huts, and the remains of a haaf fishing station, so that fishermen could shelter from bad weather.
3.4 miNE
Archaeological site
Standing Stones of Yoxie, Whalsay
88 min walk • The Standing Stones of Yoxie is a Neolithic site in the parish of Nesting on the northeastern coast of Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland.
4 miE
Island
Rumble
102 min walk • Rumble is a skerry in the Shetland islands of Scotland, situated roughly 4 kilometres east off the coast of Huxter, southeastern Whalsay. It lies 0.75 miles to southwest of East Linga. The main island, also known as Rumble Holm, is 27 feet high.
1.8 miN
Island
West Linga
46 min walk • West Linga is an uninhabited island located between Mainland and Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland.
3.4 miNE
Archaeological site
Benie Hoose, Whalsay
87 min walk • Benie Hoose, also Bunyie Hoose, is a Neolithic site in the parish of Nesting, northeastern Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.