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Latitude: 58.5969 / 58°35'48"N
Longitude: -3.5168 / 3°31'0"W
OS Eastings: 311942
OS Northings: 968651
OS Grid: ND119686
Mapcode National: GBR K6P0.7RQ
Mapcode Global: WH5BJ.Y5JW
Plus Code: 9CCRHFWM+Q7
Entry Name: Yard And Gatepiers, Kippering House, Shore Street, Thurso
Listing Name: Shore Street, Kippering House with Kiln, Fish-House, Yard, Store and Shop
Listing Date: 8 December 1988
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 388452
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42026
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200388452
Location: Thurso
County: Highland
Town: Thurso
Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Mid 19th century kippering-house comprising fish-house
(or splittering shed), kiln, yard, store and shop. Mainly
rubble with tooled rubble dressings.
KILN: Tall rubble kiln with upper portion of long elevations, weatherboard end louvred: long louvred ridge vent.
FISH HOUSE: abuts kiln; 3 bays with 6-pane sashes and roof
lights in slate roof: gable loft entrance.
YARD: High harled rubble wall encloses yard; simple
gatepiers flank entrance.
STORE: 2-storey rectangular rubble store at right angles
to fish house. Modern narrow 3-bay shop inserted in ground
floor flanked by original 8-pane windows in outer bays,
ground and 1st floor. Central 1st floor gable loft door with
hoist projecting above.
Unusual survival of herring-kippering house associated with
herring trade and fish curing in Caithness. Most internal
fittings remain in building. 7 and 8 Wilson Lane associated
with this property, see separate entries under Wilson Lane.
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