Description

Late 18th to early 19th century, with later alterations. 2-storey and attic, 4-bay, rectangular-plan, asymmetrical crowstepped-gabled house, adjoining 2-storey, 3-bay house to left (N). Harled with concrete cills.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set modern uPVC door with window flanking at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at ground with non-aligned window at 1st floor above in bay to left. Window at 1st floor in bay to right. Window at ground in bay to outer right.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay, crowstepped wall. Window at ground with attic window above to left; attic window to right; gablehead stack above.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: regularly fenestrated 3-bay with single storey porch to centre. Self-contained, crowstep-gabled house adjoining porch at right-angles.

Modern timber-framed windows with top-hung upper lights. Grey slate; stone ridge; 2 evenly disposed rooflights to E pitch; concrete skew to N gable; harled, corniced gablehead stacks to N and S; uPVC rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

In the period between 1900 and 1972, the building served as Dr Petrie's surgery, having previously been a Grocer's under S M Pottinger. Despite later glazing alterations, the building retains many characteristics of late 18th century merchant houses in Stromness - deep-set door and windows, small openings in relations to wall area and a wide space between the lintels of the 1st floor windows and the wallhead.

List description updated, 2012.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772068

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)