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29 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: -2.9619 / 2°57'42"W

OS Eastings: 344802

OS Northings: 1010760

OS Grid: HY448107

Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.XJH

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.GJSW

Plus Code: 9CCVX2JQ+56

Entry Name: 29 Victoria Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 29 Victoria Street

Listing Date: 9 December 1977

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 381540

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36691

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kirkwall, 29 Victoria Street

ID on this website: 200381540

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 and additions. 2-storey, 3-bay near-symmetrical rectangular-plan, crowstepped-gabled house sited at end of terrace, adjoining 2-storey, 2-bay house to right (E), (not listed); single storey, flat-roofed addition to outer left (W). Harled; rubble to rear. Deep-set openings.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: window at each floor in bay to centre and to left. Horizontally arranged bipartite window to addition set back to outer left. Modern part-glazed timber door in widened doorway at ground in bay to right; window at 1st floor above.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: large bipartite to addition at ground offset to left; window to main block at 1st floor above. Window at ground to main block in bay to right; gablehead stack above.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: blank.

2-pane timber sash and case windows; timber framed windows to additons; small rooflights to S pitch. Corrugated roof; stone ridge; crowstepped W gable; harled, corniced gablehead stack to W; similar common stack to E; predominantly uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

Statement of Interest

A traditional Kirkwall town house with small, widely spaced and deep-set windows, broad chimney stacks and crowstepped gables. Retaining its crowstepped gable and deep-set windows, this house remains relatively intact in form.

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