Description

Later 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan symmetrical house with 1 and 1/2 storey, 4-bay asymmetrical pitch-roofed stable, cartshed and hayloft range projecting to S and further modern addition projecting further to S. Cement-rendered and lined with long and short sandstone ashlar margins to openings.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: replacement timber panelled door with rectangular fanlight at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in each bay flanking. BARN: boarded hay loft door in bay to centre. Boarded door at ground in bay to left. Window (boarded) in bay to outer left. 2-leaf sliding corrugated-iron doors in bay to outer right. Window at each floor in right return. Blank walls to modern addition to outer left.

4-pane timber sash and case windows; fixed 4- and 6-pane windows to barn. Old Orkney grey slate; stone ridge; harled coped gablehead stacks to N and S; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low roughly coursed rubble wall to E; curved sandstone ashlar cope.

Statement of Interest

The following ancecdote, found in the Dean of Guild records in Kirkwall, may relate either to Quildon Cottage, (listed separately), or to Quildon House. A paper read by George Marwick in Stromness Town Hall concerning the activities of a local doctor, Dr Tallion, who died at Quildon. He was credited with curing a 'peculiar disease' suffered by a man in Stromness in 1780-90 who had felt something in his stomach. Dr Tallion told the man to lie by the burn at Cairston so that the 'paddow' (frog) which the doctor believed to be upsetting the man's stomach, could crawl out and quench its thirst. No reference is made as to the success of the procedure.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77771886

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)