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165 Commercial Street, Lerwick

A Category C Listed Building in Lerwick, Shetland Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 60.1544 / 60°9'15"N

Longitude: -1.1439 / 1°8'37"W

OS Eastings: 447631

OS Northings: 1141406

OS Grid: HU476414

Mapcode National: GBR R1JW.VYG

Mapcode Global: XHFB4.J18B

Plus Code: 9CGW5V34+PF

Entry Name: 165 Commercial Street, Lerwick

Listing Name: 165 Commercial Street

Listing Date: 12 August 1996

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390142

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43585

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390142

Location: Lerwick

County: Shetland Islands

Town: Lerwick

Electoral Ward: Lerwick North

Traditional County: Shetland

Tagged with: Shop Tenement

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Description

Earlier 19th century. 3-storey tenement with 2-bay gable to street and 3-bay elevation to Hill Lane (N). Random rubble gable with droved ashlar dressings, cement-rendered and lined N elevation. Projecting cills to windows.

E (COMMERCIAL STREET) ELEVATION: modern shopfront framed by rubble corners at ground, regular fenestration at 1st floor, single window at 2nd floor in bay to left.

N (HILL LANE) ELEVATION: plate glass fixed-light shop window at ground to outer left; infilled window at 1st floor in bay to outer right, window above and in bay to left.

Modern glazing throughout. Purple-grey slate roof with cast-iron gutter and downpipe with hopper to N elevation. Coped rubble apex stack with circular cans, cement-rendered skew copes.

Statement of Interest

The gable end of this building makes an important contribution to the streetscape of Commercial Street, and is particularly prominent from the Esplanade, terminating the view along Burn?s Walk.

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