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Latitude: 58.979 / 58°58'44"N
Longitude: -2.9614 / 2°57'40"W
OS Eastings: 344831
OS Northings: 1010597
OS Grid: HY448105
Mapcode National: GBR M510.43Q
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.HL10
Plus Code: 9CCVX2HQ+HC
Entry Name: 86 Victoria Street, Kirkwall
Listing Name: 86 Victoria Street
Listing Date: 8 December 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 381562
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36710
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Kirkwall, 86 Victoria Street
ID on this website: 200381562
Location: Kirkwall
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Kirkwall
Electoral Ward: Kirkwall East
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: House
Mid 18th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay (4-bay at ground) rectangular-plan symmetrical house (converted at ground to tea shop) with central twin entrances at ground, abutting Number 80 (listed separately) to left (N). Harled main elevation; random rubble to S side.
W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: part-glazed timber panelled doors with letterbox fanlights at ground in bays to centre; single window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bays flanking.
S (SIDE) ELEVATION: blank with gablehead stack.
2-pane timber sash and case windows at 1st floor; 12-pane timber sash and case windows at ground. Replacement grey fish-scale tiled roof; stone ridge; stone skews to S rubble corniced gablehead stack to S; crowstepped gable to N abutting Number 80; predominantly cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR; converted at ground to tea shop, unseen above, 1998.
Probably once a single house, now divided internally to form two dwellings. Now converted to a tea room and bookshop. It retains its small-pane glazing at ground and its original northern crowstepped gable.
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