The Glebe, Fetlar

The Glebe in Fetlar is a manse built in 1756, with alterations made in the early 19th century. This two-storey building with an attic features a principal range oriented east-west, with a two-storey section projecting from the center of the south elevation, creating a T-plan. There is also a single-storey wing extending from the north (rear) elevation. The exterior is finished with harled walls and painted margins around the windows.

The east elevation is asymmetrical, showcasing a two-bay gable of the principal range on the right. The right bay has regular windows on both the ground and first floors, while the left bay is blank. An attic window is located in the gablehead on the left. The two-bay east elevation of the south range is recessed to the left, featuring a glazed timber entrance porch in the re-entrant angle, with regular fenestration in the left bay and at the first floor.

The south elevation is near-symmetrical, with a two-bay gable of the south range advanced at the center. There are windows on the ground and first floors in the left bay, while the right bay remains blank. The flanking bays have regular fenestration, and piend-roofed, slate-hung timber dormers break the eaves.

The north (rear) elevation is asymmetrical, featuring a modern window to the right of center on the ground floor and a window centered above it on the first floor. The single-storey wing is advanced at the outer left, with a single window in the north gable.

The west elevation is also asymmetrical, with a two-bay gable of the principal range on the left, which has windows on each floor in the left bay and is blank in the right bay. The south range is recessed on the right, with only a stair window to the left of center.

The windows are a mix of plate glass and four-pane timber sash and case styles. The roof is covered in purple-grey slate, and there are harled gablehead stacks on the principal gables and wing, all topped with circular cans.

Adjacent to the house is a steading consisting of two single-storey random rubble ranges located to the northeast, arranged at right angles to form an approximate T-plan. The south range has a corrugated-iron clad roof, while the partly-ruinous north range features slate and asbestos sheet cladding.

The property is enclosed by random rubble walls that form a garden to the south, with the wallhead of the south wall raised and an infilled gateway at the center. A dwarf wall to the east of the house is topped with decorative cast-iron railings, which have pyramidal caps on the gatepiers at the center. Additional random rubble walls enclose the ground to the north and east of the steading.