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91 Victoria Street, Kirkwall

A Category B Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9788 / 58°58'43"N

Longitude: -2.9617 / 2°57'42"W

OS Eastings: 344812

OS Northings: 1010582

OS Grid: HY448105

Mapcode National: GBR M510.3Z3

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.GLW3

Plus Code: 9CCVX2HQ+G8

Entry Name: 91 Victoria Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 91 Victoria Street, Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 381565

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36714

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kirkwall, 91 Victoria Street

ID on this website: 200381565

Location: Kirkwall

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Kirkwall

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall East

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

18th century with later alterations. 2-storey and attic, 2-bay, near square-plan crowstepped gabled house abutting 6 Clay Loan (listed separately) to left (S) with forestair to rear entrance. Harled.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set modern timber panelled door at ground in bay to left of centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bay to right.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: attic window to each side of gable; gablehead stack above.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: forestair to deepset door in bay to right at 1st floor. Window in bay to left at 1st floor.

12-pane timber sash and case windows; rooflight to E pitch. Replaced grey slate roof; stone ridge; harled, cornice gablehead stack to N; similar ridge stack to S; predominantly cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS: harled, coped wall to right of main elevation.

Statement of Interest

1st edition Ordnance Survey map, (1881), evident.

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