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Latitude: 59.3661 / 59°21'57"N
Longitude: -2.4126 / 2°24'45"W
OS Eastings: 376646
OS Northings: 1053384
OS Grid: HY766533
Mapcode National: GBR N3DZ.HGF
Mapcode Global: XH9S1.XVH5
Plus Code: 9CFV9H8P+CX
Entry Name: Watermill, Hooking, North Ronaldsay
Listing Name: North Ronaldsay, Hooking Watermill
Listing Date: 16 September 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 337718
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB6192
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200337718
Location: Cross and Burness
County: Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward: North Isles
Parish: Cross And Burness
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: Architectural structure
The east and west elevations have a central, dressed round-arched doorway. South gable has square-headed doorway offset to left. North gable with centred, square, water-wheel shaft opening, set low in wall and remnants of timber water-wheel axle in place. Flagstone-lined lade running east-west along north gable.
Interior (seen 1998) machinery gone; exposed timber-framed roof.
Largely retaining its original form, Hooking Watermill was formerly a large and elegant structure. The dressed arches in the east and west elevations are uncommon and give it particular interest, as do the original crowstepped gables. The stoutly constructed lade to the north, channelled water to a large timber undershot wheel, now missing. The lean-to part possibly once housed an engine.
The name Hooking is also found on Sanday and Papa Westray and applies to a dwelling which lies on the bank of a stream.
The previous listed building record (written in 1999) describes the building as having remnants of a flagstone and turf-thatched roof and aisin stones at wallhead. In 2015 the building is noted in the SPAB Survey as having been restored and has a flagstone roof.
Listed building record revised in 2019 as part of the Thatched Buildings Listing Review 2017-19.
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