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26, 28 Bridge Street, Kirkwall

A Category C Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9839 / 58°59'1"N

Longitude: -2.9577 / 2°57'27"W

OS Eastings: 345051

OS Northings: 1011143

OS Grid: HY450111

Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.RTQ

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.JGS7

Plus Code: 9CCVX2MR+HW

Entry Name: 26, 28 Bridge Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 26 Bridge Street

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 381620

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36768

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200381620

Location: Kirkwall

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Kirkwall

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir

Traditional County: Orkney

Tagged with: Retail store

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Description

18th century, re-built circa 1815, with later alterations. 2-storey and attic, 2-bay, (5-bay at ground), rectangular-plan, crowstepped house (converted as shop at ground). Cement rendered at ground; harled at 1st floor. Band course between floors. Raised, painted margins to ground floor windows; cement cills to 1st floor windows.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: recessed, part-glazed timber panelled door with letterbox fanlight at ground in bay offset to left of centre; window at 1st floor above. Window in each bay flanking door at ground. Window at each floor in bay to outer right.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: window to right of centre at each floor, with small attic window to gable; gablehead stack above.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: abutting number 30; gablehead stack.

Timber-framed shop windows at ground; modern small-pane timber-framed windows at 1st floor with top-hung upper lights; 2 evenly disposed roof light s to W pitch. Grey slate roof (replacing 20th centiry corrugated-iron); stone ridge; corniced, harled gablehead stacks; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: modern shop conversion at ground; unseen elsewhere.

Statement of Interest

The building retains its traditional crowstepped gables.

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