Description

Late 18th to early 19th century with later alterations and additions. Single storey and attic 6-bay rectangular-plan asymmetrical (probable) fishing station. Harled. Small upper floor windows.

MAIN OPERATIONS RANGE: N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: boarded door at ground in bay to centre; window to floor above. Window at each floor in bay to right; 2-leaf boarded door with non-aligned window above in penultimate bay to right. Louvered opening to upper floor to outer right. Window at each floor in bay to left of centre. Small opening between floor levels to penultimate left. Window to lean-to addition to outer left; 2-leaf timber door to right return.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: irregularly fenestrated with louvered openings to W end.

Fixed timber-framed windows and louvered openings. Replacement grey slate; stone ridge; replacement concrete skews; harled corniced ridge stack and gablehead stack to W; cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.

SLIPWAY: cement-covered (probably flagstone slabs beneath) rectangular-plan open yard between ranges with cement-covered slipway between.

Statement of Interest

Recent maps show the site to be used as a shellfish processing plant, although its original purpose was perhaps different. It could have been a standard fish store/warehouse or a curing station; it might also have been a cooperage. In 1887 local boats started catching herrings, and curing stations sprang up along the piers in Stromness. Every year showed an increased catch which lead to almost every pier being converted to a curing station. It was during this period that Stromness had its greatest period of prosperity, despite the fact that the curing season only lasted two months; coppers were busily employed making barrels all winter. From circa 1900 to the 1940s it comprised three dwellings but is now in shared ownership as stores/warehouses.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77771862

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