Melsetter House

Hoy, Stromness and South Isles

Orkney Islands

Scotland

Circa Date: 1738 w/1898 addition

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

Architect: William Richard Lethaby

Date of Birth: 1857
Date of Death: 1931
Nationality: British
Notes: Lethaby was chief assistant to, and a student of, Norman Shaw. He was a major figure in the Arts & Crafts movement and a founding member of the Art Workers' Guild. Pevsner called Lethaby's Avon Tyrrell (one of his first commissions) "one of the finest houses of the date in England."

Date: 1898
Designed: Additions

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Country Life: CLXX, 566, 1981.
Title: Country Life: 100 Favourite Houses
Author: Green, Candida Lycett
Year Published: 1999
Publisher: London: Boxtree
ISBN: 0752213334
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Category A

Park Listed: Listed as a Garden & Designed Landscape
Past Seat / Home of: Moodie family.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Phone: 01856-791-352

Historic Houses Member: No

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