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Shutters Open 2012 is a chance for
you to send us photographs of your
experience of Doors Open Days 2012.
Perhaps you’ve captured a building
from an unusual perspective, or maybe
an exquisite architectural detail has
caught your eye. We want to know
how you have experienced Doors
Open Days.
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locations...
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1. Anderson High School
2. BBC Radio Shetland
3. Coastguard Station
4. Sheriff Court
5. Swan - fishing boat
6. Tolbooth (RNLI Station)
7. Sumburgh Lighthouse
8. Easthouse Croft
9. Sand Haa
10. Vaila Hall
11. Busta House
12. The Booth
13. Valhalla Brewery
14. Zero Carbon House
15. Lunna House
16. Midden Court
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Judging
Entries will be judged by local photographers
and assisted by Doors Open Days coordinator
Marjolein Robertson.
Exhibition
The winning photographs will be exhibited at
the Shetland Museum and Archives from 18
September.
Terms and Conditions
Copyright remains exclusively with the authors,
but by entering this competition, you agree
to allow your image(s) to be shown as part
of the Shutters Open 2009 winners exhibition
at the Shetland Museum and Archives and
in connection with future Shutters Open
competitions and Doors Open Days publicity.
PLEASE ASK PERMISSION BEFORE TAKING
PHOTOGRAPHS as photography is not
permitted inside some buildings.
Winners will be notified by email by Friday 18
September.
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Categories
Photographs can be entered in youth (under
16 years) or adult (16+ years) categories maximum 3 images per entrant.
Entry instructions
Photos must be submitted in digital Jpeg (.jpg)
format
image file size limit 2MB and/or approximately
3000x2000 pixels
send a separate email for each image (up to 3
per entrant) to [email protected]
include “Shutters Open 2009” in the subject of
your email
in your email include your name, age (if under
16), address and please make sure you have
permission from any members of the public
included in the image and confirm this to us.
Closing date for entries: 1pm, Friday 11th
September 2012
Shetland Islands Council, in
conjunction with the Scottish
Civic Trust, has organised
the sixth Doors Open Days
programme for Shetland.
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© Crown Copyright and database right 2009. All rights reserved.
Ordnance Survey licence number 100024344.
photography competition
SHUTTERS
OPEN
If you have ever wondered what
goes on behind the doors of
buildings you see every day, then
this is your chance to find out.
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Information and bookings
01595 744800 (Office hours)
[email protected]
Doors Open Days takes place throughout Scotland and are part of European Heritage Days.
Information about the national programme can be found at
www.doorsopendays.org.uk
Shetland Islands Council
we would like to thank all the hosts
who have opened their doors
to make this weekend possible
Doors Open Days celebrate
Scotland’s architectural
heritage, culture and
enterprise by offering access to
properties that are usually closed
to the public.
Doors Open Days form
Scotland’s contribution to
European Heritage Days. This
joint initiative between the
Council of Europe and the
European Union aims to give
people a greater understanding
of each other through sharing
and exploring cultural heritage.
48 countries across Europe hold
similar celebrations- involving
over 20 million people.
S he t lan d
Doors
Open
Da y s
2012
Saturday and Sunday
5th and 6th September
Historically Lerwick’s most important 19th Century
building, a gift of Arthur Anderson to the community
and opened in 1862. The former Anderson Institute now
serves the School’s English Department and library.
Visitors will be able to see the original chapel and an
impressive collection of stuffed birds. Teas and coffees
available with donations to the school fund.
Entry is by the main door off Lover’s Loan
Open: Saturday and Sunday, 12.00 – 16.00
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BBC Radio Shetland
Pitt Lane
Lerwick
Visit Shetland’s local BBC Radio Station. Situated in Pitt
Lane the building houses the offices and recording studio
of the teatime radio show ‘Good Evening Shetland.’
Your chance to get behind the scenes and learn more
about the world of radio.
Open: Saturday, 13.00 – 17.00
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Coastguard Station
Knab Road
Lerwick
A modern hill-top station which is the nerve-centre for
Shetland’s Coastguard operations. Come and see how
they protect our seas.
Visitors should note that access may be denied in some
operational circumstances.
Open: Saturday and Sunday, 11.00 – 16.00
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Sheriff Court
County Buildings
Lerwick
Ever wondered what goes on inside the Sheriff Court?
This Doors Open Days, come along, see inside the
building, meet the players and see the court in action.
After witnessing a mock trial you will get a tour around
the grade B listed building and learn even more about
the judicial system.
Open: Saturday, tours from 10.00 (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)
Swan- fishing boat
Harbour
Lerwick
© www.austintaylorphotography.com
Anderson High
School,
Lerwick
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A Smack Rigged “Fifie” fishing boat originally launched
in 1900, the Swan was purchased in 1991 by the Swan
Trust and brought back to her original Shetland home.
Since her re-launch the fully restored Swan has worked
primarily as a sail training boat.
The Swan will be berthed in Lerwick, near the Tolbooth
for the open day, phone 07712557801 for further info.
Open: Saturday & Sunday, 11.00 – 17.00
Award winning restoration of listed 18C former town jail,
customs house and post office. Now with the original
clock tower and stone steps reinstated. This striking
pink harled building now houses one of Britain’s busiest
lifeboat stations.
Wheelchair access limited to ground floor only.
Open: Saturday and Sunday, 10.00 – 16.00
This A listed, classical laird’s house was built in 1754 for Sir
Andrew Mitchell of Westshore, the stone work, including
that of the garden walls encompasses free stones torn
from Scalloway Castle. Original wooden panelling still
survives within the house. The house and grounds are
at present in a state of disrepair so there may be work
going on.
Open: Sunday Tours from 11.00 (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)
Isle of Vaila - Splendid house with island isolation. Fine
16th century Haa with parallel Georgian North wing
added 1895, both linked by the grand baronial hall.
Stunning period interiors and detailing; 19th century
lookout tower, farmhouse, garden and contemporary
shore base on mainland.
Open: Sunday, tour at 10.00 (meet at shore station)
(weather-dependent, 20 people max, pack lunch
required, BOOKING ESSENTIAL)
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Busta House
Busta
Brae
Sumburgh Lighthouse
Sumburgh Head
Designed by Robert Stevenson, this was Shetland’s first
lighthouse built in 1821 with additional buildings in the 19th
century and 1905, perched atop the cliffs of Shetland’s
most southerly point, on a vital yet dangerous shipping
route. The light tower rises from a podium between two
pedimented pavilions, stunning views and a wealth of
seabirds.
Open: Saturday and Sunday, 12.00 – 16.00
Easthouse Croft
Duncansclate
Burra
Sand Haa
Sand
Vaila Hall
Vaila Isle
Tolbooth
(RNLI Station)
Lerwick
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Star of the BBC’s Restoration programe, the listed
Easthouse Croft is a now rare example of a crofting
settlement with its various outbuildings and thatched
roofs surviving. Recently restored as premises for the
Burra History Group.
Open: Sunday, 14.00 – 17.00
Country house (now hotel) dating from 1714 with
additions in the late 18th century, 1980 and 1983. Parts of
the original 18th century panelling surviving, matching
the panelling in Haa of Sand and Gardie House. The
outside grounds include a boat house, harbour and
slipway, doocot and even Gargoyles brought to Busta
from the House of Commons in the 18th century.
Open: Sunday, 10.00 – 20.00
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The Booth
Hillswick
Late 18th Century house with earlier adjoining böd,
a scene of trade between Shetlanders and the
Hanseatic fleet as long ago as 1684. More recently
the building achieved fame as Shetland’s oldest pub.
Now home to Da Bod Café and the Hillswick Wildlife
Sanctuary for sick, injured and abandoned seals and
otters. The café will be open. Donations to Sanctuary.
Open: Saturday and Sunday, 11.00 – 18.00
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Valhalla Brewery
Baltasound
Unst
Britain’s most Northerly brewery is named after the home
of the Norse gods where warriors were revived after
drinking ale. There is a total of 6 different ales, from the
first stage (mashing) to the last (packaging) you can
learn how these different ales are produced. Tours for 20
people lasting half an hour
Open: Saturday and Sunday, Tours from 14.00
(BOOKING ESSENTIAL)
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Zero Carbon House
Uyeasound
Unst
A “zero carbon” home, built on Britain’s most northerly
island. Designed by Michael and Dorothy Rea, the
house has become a test-bed for living “off-grid”. The
couple generate their power from renewable sources,
run an electric car, and intend to grow most of their
food at home in hi-tech greenhouses using a hydroponic
growing system.
Open: Saturday, tours from 10.00 (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)
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Lunna House
Lunna
Stunning hill-top Laird’s house with fine period interiors,
detailing and views. The house is famed as the first base
of The Shetland Bus, pivotal in the Norwegian Resistance.
Memorabilia relating to the above, combined with fine
interiors, detailing and vistas, will make this a memorable
visit. Cream teas in aid of MacMillan Cancer Relief from
2pm.
Open: Sunday, 13.00 – 17.00
(Cream teas from 14.00)
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Midden Court
Symbister House
Whalsay
Listed formal farm steading, comprising two interlocking
U-plan single storey ranges enclosing a central courtyard.
Contemporary with the adjacent Symbister House (now
School). The North Range has been restored by Shetland
Amenity Trust for the Whalsay History Group.
Open: Saturday and Sunday, 14.00 – 17.00