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10 Main Street, Kirkwall

A Category C Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9783 / 58°58'42"N

Longitude: -2.9616 / 2°57'41"W

OS Eastings: 344820

OS Northings: 1010529

OS Grid: HY448105

Mapcode National: GBR M510.41T

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.GLYH

Plus Code: 9CCVX2HQ+89

Entry Name: 10 Main Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 10 Main Street

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 381575

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36723

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200381575

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, 3-bay, rectangular-plan, near symmetrical crowstepped gabled house as part of terraced pair, with stop chamfered SW angle. Harled. Block cills to windows.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set modern part-glazed door at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bay to right. 2 windows, set close, at ground in bay to left; window at 1st floor above.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: window at ground in bay to left; window at 1st floor in bay to right; gablehead stack above.

4- and 2-pane timber sash and case windows; rooflight to W pitch. grey slate roof; stone ridge; harled, corniced gablehead stack to S; similar common stack to N; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

Statement of Interest

Abutting Number 8 to the north (listed separately), this house retains its original crowstepped gables. The wide gap between these windows and the eaves is typical of town houses in both Orkney and Shetland.

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