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A listed Building,
on a site occupied since Viking times
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Buness is a sixteenth-century listed family house, situated close to the sea on the northernmost Shetland island of Unst. This Four Star hosted home offers four comfortable bedrooms overlooking the bay, with ensuite or own bathrooms, a restful drawing room . . . |
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Buness House is set in unspoilt, accessible countryside, and is ideal
as a relaxing haven by the sea for those with a love of the outdoor
life. Trout and sea trout fishing are both available for guests.
Two National Nature Reserves are situated
nearby. The first of these is Hermaness, which remains within the Buness
Estate, and where the conservation of the Great Skua (or 'bonxie') was
established during the 1830s. The dramatic west-facing cliffs of the reserve
(from which you may be fortunate enough to see whales and porpoises) teem
with two species of Skua, gannets, and many other breeds of bird - not
forgetting the appealing and approachable puffin, whose antics have enthralled
thousands of visitors over the years. The second nature reserve is that of the
Keen of Hamar, with its unique geology and its rare species of plant life.
One of these species (which grows nowhere else in the world) is Edmondston's
Mouse-Eared Chickweed, named in the 1830s in honour of its discoverer,
Thomas Edmondston, a family forebear. During the summer, Shetland ponies (with their foals at foot) can be
seen wandering freely on open land which is ablaze with wild flowers.
