Gatepiers, Melsetter House, Hoy

The gatepiers at Melsetter House in Hoy date from the mid to late 19th century and were originally part of a single-storey T-plan lodge house, with later 20th-century additions to the rear. The building is constructed from tooled, coursed sandstone and features crowstepped gables.

On the north elevation, there is a window to the far left and a door to the right, which is accessed by two steps. An advanced wing is located to the right, with a window adjacent. The east elevation has a window to the right and a harled extension to the left with two windows. The south elevation features an advanced extension to the right with a window to the left, and another advanced wing to the left with a window to the right. There is a later lean-to shed on the left, with a door to the right and a window on the right return. The west elevation has three windows, including a smaller central window, and a window in the rear lean-to extension.

The windows are 6-pane timber sash and case, and the doors are timber plank. The roofs are pitched, covered with stone slates, and have crowstepped gables with coped gable apex stacks and circular cans. The gabled extension and lean-to shed have slate roofs.

The interior was not seen in 2000.

The gates and gatepiers consist of four square-plan sandstone piers with a base and cornice. There is a central cast-iron carriage gate and flanking pedestrian gates.

The field boundary walls and gatepiers include a drystone wall to the north of the lodge that encloses a field to the west and turns westward to line either side of the entrance driveway to Melsetter House. There are two square-plan gatepiers with a corbelled apex, although the eastern pier is missing its apex. Drystone walls to the east of the lodge feature gatepiers that open onto a track leading to Melsetter from the south. One of the gatepiers is a thick circular-plan pier similar to the Snelsetter Gatepier, with a thin cornice and stepped apex, accompanied by a square-plan pier with a cornice and stepped apex, and a timber gate.