Cantick Head Lighthouse Cottages

2008 ~ 150th Anniversary of the Light ~ 1858
Melsetter House is a private home overlooking the bay of Longhope. The current house was built, incorporating an earlier property, in the late 1890's by the famous Arts & Crafts architect William Richard Lethaby; the garden is reputed to be one of the oldest in Orkney.

Melsetter House was originally the home of the Moodie family who owned much of South Walls from the late 1500's until around 1820; the Moodie burial place is in the Longhope Cemetery below the RNLI Memorial.

The house, chapel and gardens are open to visitors on Thursdays strictly by appointment Tel: 01856 791352