House of Lund

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The old House of Lund, (in Unst), now largely demolished, and not far from the ruins of the St. Olaf's Church, was built between 1725 and 1740 by Andrew Scott of Voesgarth and Greenwall.
It was bought from the Mouats, the family who were the builders of Belmont House, by Alexander Sandison in 1891, and used by him as a summer house. Some restoration and additional building work was carried out around 1902.
The roof was removed in 1947 and in 1959 the doorway was moved to Muness Castle.
The house was reputed to be haunted and is said to have a cloven footprint on a flagstone in the porch.
Ownership later passed to the National Trust for Scotland.
Right before you see the house - coming from south -, you have Bordastubble, Shetland's largest standing stone on the right hand.

Due to its increasingly unstable and dangerous condition, the house was demolished in summer 2009, and the walls now stand just 1 m high.