Belmont House, Unst

Name: Belmont House
Address: Unst, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Unst

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Belmont House is a Georgian country house on the island of Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It was constructed in 1775 by Shetland landowner Thomas Mouat of Garth, and has been described as "possibly the most ambitious, least-altered classical mansion in the Northern Isles." The house was restored from a derelict state between 1996 and 2010 by the Belmont Trust. The house is now used as a self catering holiday house and venue for events. It is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 60°41'15"N, 0°58'2"W

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Unst United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Urie Lingey, Funzie Girt, Haltadans, Muness Castle.

4.1 miSE
Island
Urie Lingey
106 min walk • Urie Lingey is one of the Shetland Islands. It is between Fetlar and Unst, and Yell is to the west.
5.5 miSE
Archaeological site
Funzie Girt, Fetlar
142 min walk • Funzie Girt is an ancient dividing wall that was erected from north to south across the island of Fetlar in Shetland, Scotland. Some sources describe it as having been built in the Neolithic, but the date of construction is not certainly known.
6.4 miSE
Archaeological site
Haltadans, Fetlar
162 min walk • Haltadans, also known as Fairy Ring or Haltadans stone circle, is a stone circle on the island of Fetlar in Shetland, Scotland. This site is a ring of 38 stones, of which 22 are still fixed in the soil, and it is 11 metres in diameter.
4 miE
Forts and castles
Muness Castle, Unst
102 min walk • Muness Castle is located on Unst, which is one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The castle is 3 kilometres east of the village of Uyeasound.
3.2 miN
Monastery
Society of Our Lady of the Isles, Unst
83 min walk • The Society of Our Lady of the Isles is a small Anglican religious order for women, founded in the late 20th century. It is located in Shetland, and is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is arguably the most remote community within the Anglican Communion.
4.7 miE
Island
Haaf Gruney
119 min walk • Haaf Gruney is a small island in the north east of the Shetland Islands.
1.1 miN
Memorial
Snabrough broch, Unst
28 min walk • Snabrough broch is a ruined broch located on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It overlooks Snabrough Loch.
3.3 miS
Memorial
Burra Ness Broch, Yell
84 min walk • Burra Ness Broch is an iron-age broch located on the east coast of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland.
7.4 miNE
Park
Keen of Hamar, Unst
190 min walk • Keen of Hamar is a nature reserve on Unst, in Shetland, Scotland, managed by Scottish Natural Heritage. The reserve is primarily of botanical interest, for example for populations of Cerastium nigrescens, a plant unique to Unst.
6.2 miNE
Island
Huney
159 min walk • Huney is an uninhabited island due east of the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The island is located approximately 1 kilometre south west of the Balta and has an area of just under 0.2 square kilometres.
4.9 miS
Island
Hascosay
126 min walk • Hascosay is a small island lying between Yell and Fetlar in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.