Belmont House
Belmont House is a neo-classical Georgian country house estate on the island of Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. It was constructed in 1775 by Shetland landowner Thomas Mouat of Garth who was a local Shetlander.Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: 1775 country house on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Belmont House, Shetland”, “Belmont House, Unst”, and “Unst, Belmont House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Linga and St Olaf’s Church.
Linga
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Linga is a small uninhabited island in the Bluemull Sound, Shetland, Scotland. It is one of many islands in Shetland called Linga. It has an area of 45 ha and is 26m at its highest point. Linga is situated 1½ miles south of Belmont House.
St Olaf’s Church
Ruins
Photo: Helspence, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Olaf's Church, Unst is a ruined medieval church located on the island of Unst, in Shetland, Scotland, UK. The church was built in the Celtic style, and dates to the twelfth century. St Olaf’s Church is situated 2 miles north of Belmont House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belmont and Gutcher.
Belmont
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belmont is a settlement and ferry terminal in southern Unst in the Shetland Islands. The ferry crosses Bluemull Sound from here to Gutcher in Yell and to Hamars Ness in Fetlar. Belmont House, a Georgian mansion built in 1775 by Thomas Mouat, was restored by Historic Scotland amongst others, and opened to the public in 2011.
Gutcher
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gutcher is a settlement on the northeast coast of Yell in the Shetland islands. From here, rollon/roll off ferry services to Belmont on Unst and Hamars Ness on Fetlar operate. Gutcher is situated 1½ miles southwest of Belmont House.
Uyeasound
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea. Uyeasound is situated 2 miles east of Belmont House.
Belmont House
- Category: country house
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.68765° or 60° 41′ 16″ northLongitude
-0.96741° or 0° 58′ 3″ westOpen location code
9CGXM2QM+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 152386338OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4884380
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In Other Languages
From German to Italian—“Belmont House” goes by many names.
- German: “Belmont House”
- Italian: “Belmont House”
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Highlights include Loch of Belmont and Belmont Viking Longhouse.
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