The Glebe, South Road, Bressay is a Grade B listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 March 1997. Croft.

The Glebe, South Road, Bressay

WRENN ID
patient-chamber-crag
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Shetland Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 March 1997
Type
Croft
OS grid reference
HU 493 404
Coordinates
60.14537, -1.1126
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Glebe, located on South Road in Bressay, is a single-storey croft built in the later 19th century. It features an L-plan arrangement that includes a cottage, barn, and kiln aligned along the same axis. The structure is constructed with drystone rubble walls topped by a stone slab roof.

On the west elevation, the gable of the northern range is advanced to the left, while the right side has a three-bay elevation that is recessed. The central bay contains a vertically-boarded timber door, with small windows in the flanking bays.

The south elevation is asymmetrical, showcasing three irregularly spaced vertically-boarded timber doors. There is a window in a later bay on the outer left, and the gable of the eastern range is advanced to the right, featuring a semicircular kiln at its center.

The north elevation presents a symmetrical six-bay arrangement, grouped in threes. A later blank bay has been added to the right (west). The doors on this elevation have been infilled with rubble, accompanied by flanking windows that are also rubble infilled, except for the outer right bay, which retains a four-pane timber sash and case window.

Additionally, there is an L-plan drystone wall that encloses the yard, along with a partially ruinous gabled outbuilding located at the southwest corner.

Local climate

The Glebe, South Road, Bressay sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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