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22 High Street, Kirkwall

A Category C Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9771 / 58°58'37"N

Longitude: -2.9674 / 2°58'2"W

OS Eastings: 344483

OS Northings: 1010395

OS Grid: HY444103

Mapcode National: GBR M510.7C4

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.DM6F

Plus Code: 9CCVX2GM+R2

Entry Name: 22 High Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 22 High Street

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 381601

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36749

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200381601

Location: Kirkwall

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Kirkwall

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir

Traditional County: Orkney

Tagged with: Terrace house

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Description

18th century with later alterations and additions. 2-storey house with single bay gabled end to street and 2-bay flat-roofed block over garage projecting from entrance (E) elevation. Harled.

N(HIGH) STREET) ELEVATION: window at each floor, set to right of centre; gablehead stack above. Window in each bay to bridging block over garage, set back to outer left.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: deep-set timber door at ground in bay to centre, set beneath bridging block; Window at 1st floor in bay to right. Window at ground in bay to outer right.

Timber-framed windows with top-hung upper lights. Purple Welsh slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews; harled, corniced gablehead stacks to N and S; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR; not seen, 1998.

Statement of Interest

Part of a largely 18th century development which takes Kirkwall out to the west.

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