Historic churches · Scottish Islands
Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway
Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-islands, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB18556). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
Category B Date Added 18/10/1977 Supplementary Information Updated 28/07/2000 Local Authority Shetland Islands Planning Authority Shetland Islands Parish Tingwall NGR HU 40110 39457 Coordinates 440110, 1139457 — 1840. Double-height 2 x 2-bay symmetrical hall church with single storey gabled vestry wing projecting to rear. Harl-pointed rubble principal elevation with stugged sandstone dressings, harled side and rear walls with droved and painted ashlar margins to windows and corners. S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical, piend-roofed single storey entrance porch centred at ground with vertically-boarded timber door in W face, gallery windows below eaves in each bay, ashlar birdcage bellcote breaking eaves at centre with swept ball-finialled pyramidal cap. E ELEVATION: regularly fenestrated with windows at ground and gallery levels. N (REAR) ELEVATION: symmetrical elevation with pair of large segmental-arched windows flanking centre; 2-bay gable to single storey vestry projecting at outer left. W ELEVATION: matching E elevation, but with modern single storey flat-roofed addition at centre. Coloured glass to multi-pane border-glazed fixed-lights at principal and side elevations, 32-pane timber sash and case windows to rear elevation. Purple-grey slate piended platform roof. INTERIOR: horseshoe gallery supported on fluted columns. BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: concrete-coped dwarf wall to Main Street (railings removed), pyramidal caps to cement-rendered gatepiers at centre and to taller piers at outer left and right. Random rubble boundary walls to E, W and N.
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Place summary
Parish Church, located on Main Street in Scalloway, is a category B listed building in the Scottish Islands. Its architectural significance contributes to the historical landscape of the area.
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- Coordinates
- 60.1377, -1.2797
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE1 0XH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q17853114 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway?
- Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode ZE1 0XH).
- Is Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway a listed building?
- Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- Is Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway free to visit?
- Yes, Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway is free to enter.
- How do I get to Parish Church, Main Street, Scalloway?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ZE1 0XH. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.