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Latitude: 58.9844 / 58°59'3"N
Longitude: -2.9585 / 2°57'30"W
OS Eastings: 345007
OS Northings: 1011202
OS Grid: HY450112
Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.RGJ
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.JFFT
Plus Code: 9CCVX2MR+QJ
Entry Name: 7 Bridge Street, Kirkwall
Listing Name: 7 Bridge Street
Listing Date: 8 December 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 381610
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36759
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Kirkwall, 7 Bridge Street
ID on this website: 200381610
Location: Kirkwall
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Kirkwall
Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: House
Situated relatively near the original shore of the Oyce at the north end of Bridge Street, the buildings in this area remain some of the oldest in Kirkwall. Bridge Street provided initial access to the town from the harbour, the east pier at the end of the street having been completed in 1811. This building became The Ship Inn in the 19th century and Sir Walter Scott dined here on 12th August, 1814. Hossack suggests that it was the lack of a formal welcome by the inhabitants, such as he received in Shetland, that caused him to write a derogatory poem about Kirkwall, calling it 'a base little burgh'. Features to note here include the stone tiled roof and the intact crowstepped gables. The arched openings suggest a warehouse use at some stage.
5 Bridge Street is a separate lower, two-storey house abutting the rear elevation of 7 Bridge Street. 5 Bridge Street is not part of the listing.
Listed building record updated in 1999 as part of the resurvey of Kirkwall Burgh. Listed building record updated in 2021.
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