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Latitude: 58.9604 / 58°57'37"N
Longitude: -3.3026 / 3°18'9"W
OS Eastings: 325178
OS Northings: 1008866
OS Grid: HY251088
Mapcode National: GBR L561.PVC
Mapcode Global: WH6B1.71LP
Plus Code: 9CCRXM6W+5X
Entry Name: Melvin House, 5 Hellihole Road, Stromness
Listing Name: 5 Hellihole Road, 'Melvin House', Including Boundary Wall Incorporating Outbuilding and Beacon
Listing Date: 24 March 1998
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392273
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45398
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Stromness, 5 Hellihole Road, Melvin House
ID on this website: 200392273
Location: Stromness
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Stromness
Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles
Traditional County: Orkney
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Earlier to mid 19th century with later alterations and additions. 2-storey, 2-bay T-plan, symmetrical house (divided internally) with pitche-roofed stair wing at rear and lean-to addition to NE (side), built on ground rising to NW. Harl-pointed roughly coursed rubble.
SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: window at each floor in each bay. Window, set high in lean-to addition to outer right.
NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bay with lean-to addition to left. Full-height stair window in pitched projection in bay to centre. Window at each floor in each bay flanking; modern, cement-architraved timber panelled door with fanlight set close to re-entrant angle with window, offset to left, at 1st floor in right return. Stone dog-leg flight to timber panelled door in recessed lean-to addition to outer left.
SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay gabled elevation. Window in each bay at ground (blocked doorway between); gablehead stack above.
12-pane timber sash and case windows; lying-pane 20-pane timber sash and case stair light. Grey slate; Caithness slabs to lean-to; concrete skews; stone ridge; corniced rubble gablehead stacks to SW and NE; cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.
BOUNDARY WALL: rubble wall enclosing rectangular-plan garden to SE and triangular-plan garden to NW (rear). Square-plan lean-to shed with boarded door to E and window to S in NW angle of rear garden; Caithness flagstone roof. Painted cement tapering octagonal-plan plinth supporting iron shaft with red light above in SE wall.
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