Description

18th century with later alterations. Single storey and attic, 3-bay, rectangular-plan symmetrical end-of-terrace house with catslide dormers breaking eaves, crowstepped gables and chamfered SW angle, standing at junction of Victoria Street and Clay Loan; similar crowstepped house abutting rear elevation (see Notes). Harled. Eaves course.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set, part-glazed timber panelled door at ground in bay to centre. Window with shed dormer above in each bay flanking.

E (VICTORIA STREET) ELEVATION: modern, part-glazed door at ground in bay to left; attic window above; gablehead stack. Window at ground in bay to right. Gabled elevation to similar house abutting to left (see Notes).

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded traditional Caithness stone roof; stone ridge; stone to she dormers; harled, corniced gablehead stack to E; similar common stack to W; predominantly cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

B-Group with Building to rear of 8 Clay Loan, 10 and 12 Clay Loan. Clay Loan breaks the old main street and climbs steeply to the west to Gallow Ha, the former place of public execution in Kirkwall. Originally the Common or South Loan, it takes its present name from its use as source of mortar for Kirkwall houses. Number 8 is of particular interest as it retains its small-pane timber glazing and traditional Caithness stone-tiled roof. It lies to the west of two similarly dated cottages, Numbers 10 and 12, (listed separately). It is abutted to the rear by a similar cottage, and forms a crowstepped M-gable to the common Victoria Street elevation. The pair belonged to Robert Strange around 1770.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827420

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  For the Record
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)