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27 Victoria Street, Kirkwall

A Category B Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9804 / 58°58'49"N

Longitude: -2.9615 / 2°57'41"W

OS Eastings: 344825

OS Northings: 1010762

OS Grid: HY448107

Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.XQX

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.GJZW

Plus Code: 9CCVX2JQ+59

Entry Name: 27 Victoria Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 27 Victoria Street

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 381539

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36690

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kirkwall, 27 Victoria Street

ID on this website: 200381539

Location: Kirkwall

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Kirkwall

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir

Traditional County: Orkney

Tagged with: Semi-detached house

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Description

18th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 2-bay (3-bay at ground) rectangular-plan gable-ended house adjoining further rectangular-plan house to rear (W). Harled with cement dressings. Band course between ground and 1st floors.

E (GABLE) ELEVATION: 3 evenly disposed window at ground; 2 evenly disposed windows at 1st floor; gablehead stack above.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: irregular, 4-bay. Deep-set part-glazed timber door with rectangular fanlight at ground in bay to centre. Window at 1st floor in bay to left of centre. Window at each floor in penultimate bay to left. Small window at ground in bay to outer right.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: blank.

2-, 4- and 12-pane timber sash and case windows; small rooflights to S pitch. Traditional graded stone slated roof; stone ridge; stone skews; shield motif to cavetto-moulded skewputts; harled, corniced gablehead stack to E; similar common stack to W; predominantly uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

Statement of Interest

This house retains its graded stone slate roof and decorative skewputts.

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