Mizpah House, Bressay

Mizpah House, built in 1819, is a former manse that features a two-storey and attic structure with a symmetrical three-bay T-plan layout, flanked by gabled outbuildings. The exterior is finished with harled walls and has margined windows with projecting cills.

The west elevation, or principal elevation, includes a symmetrical single-storey porch that projects from the center bay. It features a round-arched window and an entrance door on the west and north elevations, respectively, with regular fenestration in the flanking bays at the first floor.

On the north elevation, there is a two-bay gable with a single window in the attic on the left side. The blank north elevation of the rear wing is recessed to the left and includes a lean-to in the re-entrant angle.

The east elevation has a gabled two-storey wing that projects at the center, featuring a single window at the second floor in the east gable, along with a lean-to in the re-entrant angle on the right.

The south elevation consists of a two-bay gable with a single window in the attic on the right side. The three-bay rear wing elevation is recessed on the right, with a gabled and slated porch that projects to the left of center.

The house has modern glazing throughout and a grey tile roof with ashlar skew copes. Each gable has a stugged sandstone three-flue apex stack, coped and topped with circular cans.

The outbuildings are rectangular, single-storey structures made of rubble, flanking the house with gables to the east and west. They are linked to the house by rubble screen walls that have infilled doorways, and the north screen wall features a raised wallhead.

The boundary walls consist of a drystone wall that encloses the garden to the west. The wallhead at the center of the west side is lowered to accommodate finialled iron railings and a gate.