Vaila House
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Vaila House by Russel Wills as part of the Geograph project.
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Vaila House
Image: © Russel Wills Taken: 4 Jun 2019
'The island of Vaila was acquired by James Mitchell of Girlsta, who was a merchant of Scalloway and who built himself a house there in 1696. This was a plain rectangular block with crow-stepped gables, consisting of two storeys and a garret, and it is now the south side of the Victorian house. The original entrance, which opens directly into the Great Hall, still retains its moulded stone surtound and battered armorial panel carved with the arms and motto of the Mitchell family and the date 1696. The old doorway well suits the Great Hall with its Jacobean oak furniture and baronial air.' https://canmore.org.uk/site/309/vaila-vaila-house
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Image Location
Latitude
60.20584
Longitude
-1.593743