Founded around 1600, Veltsa was long held jointly with the neighboring Keblaste and Aru manors. From 1818 until 1919 it belonged to the Uexkülls; the last owner was Nathalie von Uexküll. In the 1850s Veltsa replaced Keblaste as the showpiece center, and around 1853 a slate-roofed main house modeled on English country houses was completed. Partly one and partly two stories, it had English-style gables and a small ridge turret at the center. A large English-style park was laid out as well.
Only ruins remain of the main house, still carrying a scrap of its original slate roof; the ridge turret was lost around the 1920s or 1930s. The ruins of the cheese house and dairy, with a Tudor-style carriage arch, are striking. Two granite obelisks flank the drive.
Owners
von Uexküll1818–1919
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A grand avenue linked Veltsa with Keblaste; the stretch across the fields has since been plowed up.
Since the house was rather modest next to the outbuildings, a larger one was probably planned but never built.