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Latitude: 58.978 / 58°58'40"N
Longitude: -2.9623 / 2°57'44"W
OS Eastings: 344774
OS Northings: 1010486
OS Grid: HY447104
Mapcode National: GBR M510.3PQ
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.GLLS
Plus Code: 9CCVX2HQ+53
Entry Name: 24 Main Street, Kirkwall
Listing Name: 24 Main Street
Listing Date: 8 December 1971
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 381578
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36727
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200381578
Location: Kirkwall
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Kirkwall
Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: House
18th century, re-worked form earlier fabirc, dated 167 (7?); with later alterations. 2-storey 2-bay, rectangular-plan pair of houses forming small terrace with crowstepped gable end to street. Harled.
N (GABLED) ELEVATION: 2-bay: window at 1st floor in bay to left; window at each floor in bay to right; gablehead stack above.
E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay, (5-bay at ground). Single bay (2-bay at ground) house to left (S): part-glazed timber panelled door with letterbox fanlight at ground in bay to right; window at 1st floor above. Window at ground in bay to left. 2-bay (3-bay at ground) house to right (N): window at each floor in bay to centre. Timber-panelled door with letterbox fanlight at ground in bay to left; window at 1st floor above. Window at ground in bay to right.
Modern timber hopper windows to N elevation; 2-and 4-pane timber sash and case windows to E. Grey slate roof with stone slate easing course; cavetto moulded skewputts, (one inscribed 'MH' with date); harled, coped vestigial gablehead stack to N; cast-iron downpipes; uPVC gutters.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.
B-Group with 22, 28, 28A and 28B Main Street. Built for Robert Richan of Linklater, Sandwick. Traditionally oriented with its gabled end to the street, this house is one of an early group of buildings, similarly arranged along Main Street.
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