Scalloway Public Hall

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Scalloway Public Hall
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The building in 2008
LocationBerry Road, Scalloway
Coordinates 60°08′19″N1°16′36″W / 60.1385°N 1.2767°W / 60.1385; -1.2767
Built1902
Architectural style(s)Freestyle
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Official nameScalloway, Berry Road, Scalloway Hall and Library, including railings and gatepiers
Designated28 July 2000
Reference no.LB47295
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Shown in Shetland

Scalloway Public Hall is a municipal building on Berry Road in Scalloway in Shetland in Scotland. The building, which is used as a community events venue, is a Category C listed building. [1]

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History

Stained glass, depicting Scalloway Castle, in the centre window on the ground floor Scalloway Town Hall - stained glass window - geograph.org.uk - 971155.jpg
Stained glass, depicting Scalloway Castle, in the centre window on the ground floor

Following significant population growth, largely associated with fishing industry, civic leaders decided to commission a public hall for Scalloway. The development, which was financed by the Scottish-American businessman, Andrew Carnegie, included a public library and a mechanics' institute. [2] The site they selected was open land on the west side of Berry Road. [3]

The new building followed a freestyle design, was built in rubble masonry with ashlar stone dressings and was completed in 1902. [4] The design involved a main block of three bays, with a circular entrance tower to the right, facing south onto Berry Road. The main block was fenestrated by three casement windows on the ground floor and by a large Venetian window on the first floor with a wide gable above. At roof level, there was a square metal tower with a slate base and clock faces, surmounted by a weather vane. The circular entrance tower, which was faced in ashlar stone, featured a doorway in a stone surround on the ground floor, and a casement window on the first floor, all surmounted by a crenelated parapet. Internally, the principal room was the assembly hall, which stretched back to the north behind the main frontage. [1]

During the Second World War, when Scalloway accommodated the headquarters of the Shetland bus, part of the Norwegian resistance against the German occupation, the public hall operated as a 100-bed hospital for use by soldiers and evacuees from Norway. [5] The assembly hall was extended to the east and west with modern additions during the second half of the 20th century. [1]

In the early 1970s, the building was the venue for a talk by the county development officer from Zetland County Council, Michael Stansbury, on the proposed Sullom Voe Terminal and the likely implications for Scalloway as a potential service centre. [6] [7] In the 21st century, the building continued to be used for public meetings, [8] [9] [10] film premieres [11] and concerts. [12] Performers have included Jarvis Cocker and Candida Doyle from the rock band, Pulp, who appeared at a function in August 2023. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic Environment Scotland. "Scalloway, Berry Road, Scalloway Hall and Library, including railings and gatepiers (Category C Listed Building) (LB47295)" . Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Scalloway Public Hall (established 1902)" (PDF). Useful Knowledge: the Magazine of the Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria Inc. p. 23. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ordnance Survey Six-inch 1st edition, 1843–1882" . Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Coull, James R. (1985). The County of Shetland. Scottish Academic Press. p. 169. ISBN   978-0-906736-12-8. Scolloway Public Hall dates from 1902 while Tingwall Public Hall was opened in 1905
  5. ↑ Irvine, James W. (1990). Waves are Free Shetland/Norway Links, 1940 to 1945. Shetland Publishing Company. p. 94. ISBN   978-0906736128. the public hall was a 100-bed hospital, with the RAMC in Nissen huts beside the hall
  6. ↑ Nicolson, James R. (1975). Shetland and Oil. Luscombe. p. 83. ISBN   978-0860020875. At a well-attended meeting in the public hall addressed by Mr M. J. Stansbury, County Development Officer, the potential for development was discussed
  7. ↑ Hansen, Anne Merrild; Johnstone, Rachael Lorna (28 February 2020). Regulation of Extractive Industries Community Engagement in the Arctic 2020. Taylor and Francis. ISBN   978-0429594717.
  8. ↑ "Twenty-one turbines may be built on hills above Brig o' Fitch". Shetland Times. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Sustainable group first to object to Peel windfarm project". Shetland Times. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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  11. ↑ "Sunshine as Screenplay film festival is officially opened". Shetland Times. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Concert: Scalloway Public Hall". Visit Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "Brit-pop heroes Pulp make visit to Scalloway". Shetland Times. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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