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Tounigar, 22 Shore Street, Kirkwall

A Category B Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9849 / 58°59'5"N

Longitude: -2.9576 / 2°57'27"W

OS Eastings: 345057

OS Northings: 1011253

OS Grid: HY450112

Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.RVC

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.JFTG

Plus Code: 9CCVX2MR+WX

Entry Name: Tounigar, 22 Shore Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 22 Shore Street, 'Tounigar'

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 381644

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36791

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kirkwall, 22 Shore Street, Tounigar

ID on this website: 200381644

Location: Kirkwall

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Kirkwall

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

Later 18th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 2-bay rectangular-plan asymmetrical crowstepped gabled house with tall stacks and gabled end to street. Harled; exposed roughly course rubble to S elevation. Windows to N elevation blocked.

N (SHORE STREET) ELEVATION: window at each floor in bay to right. Window at 1st floor in bay to left; gablehead stack above.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: architraved and corniced doorway at ground in bay to centre; small window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bay to left.

S ELEVATION: raised central flue with extended gablehead stack above. Window at ground, set close to flue, in bay to left.

Small-pane fixed timber-framed windows to E; rooflights to E pitch. Modern felt-tiled roof; tall, harled, cornice stack to N; rubble stack with tall brick extension to S; uPVC rainwater goods (some remnants).

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

Statement of Interest

Lies empty in the curtilage of the BP depot. Traditionally sited with its crowstepped gabled elevation to the street, this building stands in one of the oldest parts of Kirkwall. Its small windows and tall stacks are indications of its early date.

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