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Latitude: 60.159 / 60°9'32"N
Longitude: -1.1456 / 1°8'43"W
OS Eastings: 447530
OS Northings: 1141920
OS Grid: HU475419
Mapcode National: GBR R1JW.MPY
Mapcode Global: XHF9Y.HXLB
Plus Code: 9CGW5V53+HQ
Entry Name: Gutters Hut, North Ness, Lerwick
Listing Name: North Ness, Gutters' Hut
Listing Date: 12 August 1996
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 390195
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43630
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Lerwick, North Ness, Gutters Hut
ID on this website: 200390195
Location: Lerwick
County: Shetland Islands
Town: Lerwick
Electoral Ward: Lerwick North
Traditional County: Shetland
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Circa 1900. 2-storey 13 x 3-bay gutters? hut of rectangular plan. Corrugated-iron clad timber frame construction on concrete base. Timber door and window surrounds with projecting cills. Full-length timber walkway at 1st floor with cast-iron handrail supported on projecting timber joists, returned at E and W elevations to open timber stairs.
N ELEVATION: asymmetrical, ground floor; wide door at centre bay with windows in flanking 4 bays, wide doors in flanking bays, doors in penultimate bay to left and in bay to outer right. 1st floor; square window in centre bay with windows in flanking 4 bays, wide door in bay to right, door and window closely spaced in bay to left, door in penultimate bay to left, blank bays to outer left and right.
E ELEVATION: bipartite windows at ground and 1st floors in bay to left. Regular fenestration in bays at right except blank at ground floor to right.
S (REAR) ELEVATION: irregular fenestration with lean-to at ground.
6-pane hoppered timber windows. Corrugated-iron clad roof with cast-iron gutters and downpipes. Cement-rendered stacks, coped with circular cans.
One of the last surviving of these once prolific buildings which were a major feature of Lerwick?s townscape during the Herring Boom.
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