Community / Park Hall on the market
A FRESH push is underway to find new owners for the derelict Park Hall building near Bixter.
The C-listed building, constructed circa 1900 by a local doctor, is now on the market through estate agents Harper Macleod.
Owner Shetland Amenity Trust initially invited expressions of interest in the historic building last year as part of a review of its portfolio.
Shetland Amenity Trust (SAT) chief executive Hazel Sutherland said seeking expressions of interest last spring was to “gauge whether there was an appetite from any individual or community group to take on the renovation and development of the building”.
“Trustees were reassured by the encouraging response shown for the C-listed property which dates from c. 1900, and SAT is now looking to secure the future of the building.”
The laird’s house was taken on by the trust in 2007 when it was already in a ruinous state.
Harper Macleod describes Park Hall as an “interesting renovation project”, but it acknowledges that work would be major. The agents warn that it “may be beyond economical repair”.
The building is said to be an example of the early 20th Century practice in Shetland for building in in-situ concrete.
There is no price attached to the site, with offers invited.
Meanwhile the Bressay Lighthouse, which went through the same Shetland Amenity Trust expressions of interest process last year, could be in line to have new owners.
Sutherland said the trust was approached by a number of private individuals and groups about the listed building, including a community group.
“The trust is now working with this group to help develop a funding package to take on this historic building,” she said.
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