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103 Victoria Street, Stromness

A Category C Listed Building in Stromness, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9616 / 58°57'41"N

Longitude: -3.2996 / 3°17'58"W

OS Eastings: 325353

OS Northings: 1008999

OS Grid: HY253089

Mapcode National: GBR L561.K74

Mapcode Global: WH6B1.900R

Plus Code: 9CCRXP62+M5

Entry Name: 103 Victoria Street, Stromness

Listing Name: 103, 105 and 107 Victoria Street

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388183

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41819

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200388183

Location: Stromness

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Stromness

Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

Mid 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay house, (sub-divided internally to comprise 3 properties) with principal, (E), gable end to street, converted at ground to shop, with stop chamfered SE angle. Harled, painted above shop and to side, (S). Eaves course to S. Cement margins to openings, painted to shopfront. Cornice dividing ground and 1st floors.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set glazed shop door at ground in bay to centre; large shop windows in bays flanking. Window at 1st floor to outer right; window to attic; gablehead stack above. Pall stane to SE angle.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: irregular 7-bay grouped 3-4. 4-bay group to right: modern steel stair to modern timber panelled door at 1st floor in bay offset to left of centre. Window at 1st floor to outer left. Window at 1st floor offset to right of centre. Shop window at ground to outer right; window at 1st floor above. 3-bay group to left: stone flight to deep-set timber-panelled door at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Tall window with cement transom spanning floors to outer left. Full-height 3-light piend-roofed canted window in bay to right.

2- and 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; replacement concrete skews; coped harled stacks to E and W; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: converted to shop at ground; unseen above, 1997.

Statement of Interest

A stationer's under J Rae from 1900-1971, it changed hands subsequently, but is today John Rae, Stationer's and Bookseller's.

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