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Latitude: 58.9612 / 58°57'40"N
Longitude: -3.3009 / 3°18'3"W
OS Eastings: 325274
OS Northings: 1008950
OS Grid: HY252089
Mapcode National: GBR L561.JMF
Mapcode Global: WH6B1.81C3
Plus Code: 9CCRXM6X+FJ
Entry Name: 16, 18 Franklin Road, Stromness
Listing Name: 14-20 (Even Nos) Franklin Road, Including Boundary Walls, Railings and Outbuilding
Listing Date: 24 March 1998
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392247
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45377
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200392247
Location: Stromness
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Stromness
Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: House
Later to late 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 6-bay rectangular-plan near-symmetrical block of 4 houses comprising 2 pairs of 3-bay back-to-back houses, built on ground rising to W and to S. Pointed rubble. 1st floor windows hugging eaves.
N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: bays grouped 3-3. 3-bay group to left (No 14): stone flight to timber panelled door with large rectangular fanlight at ground in bay to centre; non-aligned window at 1st floor above. Window at ground with window at 1st floor above in bays flanking. 3-bay group to right (No 16): timber panelled door with fanlight at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in each bay flanking.
S (REAR) ELEVATION: regular 6-bay, grouped 3-3, similarly arranged. Bridging stair to timber door with fanlight at 1st floor level in bay to centre; window below stair; window at each floor in each bay flanking.
W (SIDE) ELEVATION: single bay gabled wall, canted to right. Window at ground set to left; gablehead stack above.
E (SIDE) ELEVATION: single bay gabled wall. Window at each floor to right; gablehead stack above.
4-pane timber sash and case windows. Purple Welsh slate roof; stone ridge; 2 evenly disposed rooflights to S pitch; cement skews; multi-flue rubble coped gablehead and ridge stacks; uPVC rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.
BOUNDARY WALLS, RAILINGS AND OUTBUILDING: low rubble wall to rear (S) with ridged ashlar cope and wrought-iron railings; modern railings flanking bridging stairs to rear; rubble wall with rubble square-plan corniced terminating pier to E; pitched L-plan rubble outbuilding to SE angle; purple Welsh slate; stone ridge; concrete skews; rubble corniced gablehead stack to E.
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