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Latitude: 58.9847 / 58°59'4"N
Longitude: -2.9584 / 2°57'30"W
OS Eastings: 345012
OS Northings: 1011232
OS Grid: HY450112
Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.RHH
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.JFGM
Plus Code: 9CCVX2MR+VJ
Entry Name: 2 Bridge Street, Kirkwall
Listing Name: 2 Bridge Street and Shore Street
Listing Date: 8 December 1971
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 381608
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36757
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200381608
18th century with later alterations. 2-storey and attic, 2-bay house with crowstepped gable to Bridge Street and single bay, 2-storey lean-to projection with canted NE angle along N (Shore Street) elevation; converted as shop at ground. Painted, cement-rendered and lined at ground to Bridge Street; painted, harled elsewhere. Base course.
W (BRIDGE STREET) ELEVATION: deep-set, modern glazed door with large rectangular fanlight at ground in bay to centre. Enlarged shop window at ground in bay to left and 2 bays to right; 2 attic windows to gable; gablehead stack above.
N (SHORE STREET) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Shop window at ground in bay offset to left of centre and to outer right. Deep-set modern timber-panelled door with letterbox fanlight at ground in bay to outer left; window at 1st floor above.
4-pane timber sash and case windows; shop window at ground; rooflights to N pitch. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews to projection; predominantly cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: converted as shop at ground; unseen above, 1998.
Traditionally oriented with its crowstepped gable onto the main street. Bridge Street provides access from the harbour, leading south into Kirkwall and is one of the oldest parts of the town.
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