Description

Late 18th century. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay symmetrical, rectangular-plan house, converted as tourist office, with piended dormers and crowsteps at rear. Harled with painted cement dressings. Base course; eaves course. Plain margins to windows; strip quoins.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: corniced and architraved doorpiece at ground in bay to centre; timber panelled door with geometric fanlight; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bays flanking; 2, evenly disposed, 3-light dormers above.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay, near-symmetrical. Architraved door with rectangular fanlight at ground in bay to right of centre; window at 1st floor; attic window to gable above. Window at each floor in bay to left of centre; gablehead stack above.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: window at each floor in bay to right of centre; small attic window to gable; gablehead stack above.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows; 4-pane timber sash and case windows to central dormer lights; rooflight to centre of W pitch. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews to W; crowsteps to E; harled, corniced gablehead stacks; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: converted at ground to tourist office; timber skirting boards and timber-panelled doors; unseen above.

Statement of Interest

Providing a strong terminal to the east end of Castle Street, this building is an relatively little-altered survivor of Georgian development in Kirkwall. It is flanked by Number 4, another example of plain classical house, and to the rear by the slightly more substantial Number 8, both listed separately, and forming a fine group. Number 6 possesses, to the rear, a polygonal stair tower, (not fully seen, 1998).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827256

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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