Ollaberry Church And Churchyard With Monument, Ollaberry is a Grade B listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 October 1977. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Ollaberry Church And Churchyard With Monument, Ollaberry
- WRENN ID
- ghost-landing-wind
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Shetland Islands
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1977
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ollaberry Church and Churchyard features a large classical monument created by sculptor John Forbes in 1754. The monument is designed in the form of an aedicule set against a harl-pointed random rubble wall. It includes a steeply pedimented entablature and engaged, ball-finialled, Corinthian-like columns that frame a slab. This slab displays two armorial panels and an inscription that reads:
INTERRED BELOW THIS MONUMENT WE FIND
OUR VIRTUOUS CHILDREN AS THEY'RE HERE DESI(GNED?)
IN BLOOM OF YOUTH CUTT OF THIS EARTH
FREED FROM THE FORCES OF A CORRUPT AGE
The monument is signed 'John Forbes fecit 1754'.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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