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Latitude: 60.1544 / 60°9'15"N
Longitude: -1.1439 / 1°8'37"W
OS Eastings: 447629
OS Northings: 1141414
OS Grid: HU476414
Mapcode National: GBR R1JW.VYD
Mapcode Global: XHFB4.J188
Plus Code: 9CGW5V34+QC
Entry Name: 167 Commercial Street, Lerwick
Listing Name: 167 Commercial Street
Listing Date: 12 August 1996
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 390143
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43586
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200390143
Later 18th century with 19th century alterations. 2-storey and attic tenement on sloping site with 2-bay gable to Commercial Street and closes flanking to N and S. Painted ashlar shopfront, harl-pointed rubble walls elsewhere with droved sandstone dressings. Projecting cills at windows.
E (COMMERCIAL STREET) GABLE: symmetrical above ground. Painted shopfront at ground comprising corniced modern shop door in bay at left, and square plate glass shop window at right. Regular fenestration at 1st and 2nd floors, rising to rubble apex stack with harled sides and concrete cope.
S ELEVATION: irregularly fenestrated with modern door and glazing.
N ELEVATION: symmetrical, 2-pane fixed-light to shop window at ground in bay to left, 4-pane timber sash and case window above; infilled window centred at ground, blank above, infilled window at ground in bay to right, with 6-pane hoppered window above.
W GABLE: harled apex stack, coped with circular cans.
2-pane fixed-light to shop window in N elevation, 4-pane timber sash and case windows to gable. Corrugated sheet roof with cement-rendered skew copes.
During the 19th century, all the houses in Hill Lane were owned by the Laurenson family who lived in this building which was known as Hillend House. With its gabled neighbours, this building forms an essential part of the fabric and character of Commercial Street, displaying the traditional street pattern of this area.
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