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Slipway, 46, 48 Dundas Street, Stromness

A Category C Listed Building in Stromness, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9602 / 58°57'36"N

Longitude: -3.2997 / 3°17'58"W

OS Eastings: 325344

OS Northings: 1008843

OS Grid: HY253088

Mapcode National: GBR L561.R5L

Mapcode Global: WH6B1.81ZT

Plus Code: 9CCRXP62+34

Entry Name: Slipway, 46, 48 Dundas Street, Stromness

Listing Name: 46 and 48 Dundas Street, Including Boundary Wall, and Slipway

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 388197

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB41830

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200388197

Location: Stromness

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Stromness

Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

Tagged with: Slipway

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Description

Late 18th to early 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey and attic, 2-bay rectangular-plan symmetrical gable-ended house (subdivided internally) with stone flight to E gable, built on ground falling to E. Harl-pointed roughly coursed rubble; cement cills at 1st floor.

W (DUNDAS STREET) ELEVATION: modern timber door with letterbox fanlight at ground to centre. Former shop windows at ground in each flanking bay; single winodws above; attic window to gable in each bay above; gablehead stack.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: irregularly fenestrated, 4-bay. Part-glazed timber panelled door with rectangular fanlight in bay to right of centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at ground in bay to left. Window at 1st floor in bay to outer left. Small window at ground in bay to right.

E (SEAWARD) ELEVATION: single bay gabled wall. Window at each floor (including attic) offset to right; gablehead stack above.

Modern uPVC windows; timber-framed former shop windows at ground to W. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; rooflights to S pitch; concrete skews; cavetto-moulded skewputts; coped rubble gablehead stacks to E and W; predominantly uPVC rainwater goods.

BOUNDARY WALL AND SLIPWAY: low coped rubble wall with terminating square-plan pier to W, along S elevation; steps to rubble walled garden, formerly quay to E with concrete (broken) slipway to S flank.

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