Voxter House, Brae is a Grade B listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 March 1997. House. 1 related planning application.
Voxter House, Brae
- WRENN ID
- fossil-window-holly
- 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
- House
- Address
- Voxter House, Brae, ZE2 9QP
- OS grid reference
- HU 371 699
- Coordinates
- 60.41182, -1.3281
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Voxter House, built in 1869, is a two-storey, three-bay former manse located in Brae. The building features a symmetrical design with a gabled porch at the southwest (principal) elevation, along with modern single-storey additions at the rear. The walls are harled with ashlar margins and have droved finishes at the edges.
The southwest elevation is symmetrical, showcasing a gabled porch that projects from the centre bay, which contains a vertically boarded timber door. Flanking bays have windows, and the first floor has regular fenestration. The southeast gable has a single window at ground level, offset to the right of centre.
On the northeast (rear) elevation, there is a modern addition at ground level. A tall round-arched stair window is located at the first floor centre, with a small square window adjacent to the left, and regular fenestration in the outer bays.
The windows are primarily nine-pane timber sash and case, with six-pane windows on the gable and border glazed windows in the stair and porch areas. The roofs are covered with purple-grey slate, featuring bracketed ashlar skew copes on the principal gables and porch, along with coped ashlar stacks.
Additionally, there is a walled garden enclosed by a random rubble wall, creating a rectangular garden space to the southwest.
Local climate
Voxter House, Brae sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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