St Clement's Hall, St Olaf Street, Lerwick

7 x 1-bay gabled church hall with 3-stage square plan tower at SW corner, and modern 2-storey addition obscuring E gable. Bull-faced squared and snecked principal elevation and tower with stugged and polished dressings and details; harled side elevations with cement dressings.

The Woman's Guild initiated a scheme for the erection of a building that would serve the dual purpose of providing Lerwick Parish Church with a church hall of its own, and providing separate accommodation for the Dutch and other foreign fishermen. T L Bruce produced the design and Peter Thomson was appointed contractor with a tender of '1615. The work was completed in 1911 and the Rev A J Campbell performed the opening ceremony. The Dutchmen made regular use of the building, and a stained glass window was presented by the Dutch Reformed Churches from fishing communities in the Netherlands. By 1966, with St Olaf's in use as a hall too, St Clement's was sold to Lerwick Town Council for recreational use. An old photograph of the W elevation shows 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber entrance doors flanked by cast-iron lamp standards (on the existing stone plinths) with globe lanterns, and simple cast-iron railings with widely-spaced ball-finialled stanchions and 2-leaf cast-iron gates. Another view shows a single storey crowstepped building along the E elevation. The tower of this hall is a distinctive landmark in this part of the town. (Historic Scotland)

September 2008: External inspection finds the building in good condition but appears to be vacant and in need of a new use.

March 2010: External inspection finds the hall remains disused. Plants are growing on the top of the tower and require to be cleared from the south gutter. The paint on the windows is starting to tire and chip. Otherwise, it appears in good condition.

23 June 2014: External inspection finds timber and carpet supplies are stacked outside the property, otherwise the building appears to remain in much the same condition as seen previously. Full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for change of use to form photographic studio and offices were conditionally approved ref: 2014/021/PPF & 2014/013/LBC.

8 April 2015: The Press and Journal reported on a fire at the property in Oct 2014, understood to have damaged the extension to the rear of the Hall. The article notes the property was sold to a new owners recently.

11 February 2022: Listed building consent (2022/007/LBC) being sought for conversion and extension of former Church Hall to form four dwelling units including demolition of fire damaged extension.

22 February 2022: Planning permission (2022/005/PPF) being sought for proposed change of use, conversion and extension of St Clement's Hall to form four townhouse dwelling units.

4 October 2022: External inspection finds the building remains vacant. A window on the front West elevation is broken, allowing for water ingress. The rainwater goods on the North elevation leaking heavily at time of visit and are blocked by grass growth. The grounds do not appear to be maintained. Risk moved to MODERATE due to no longer being watertight.