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Latitude: 58.9624 / 58°57'44"N
Longitude: -3.2993 / 3°17'57"W
OS Eastings: 325371
OS Northings: 1009081
OS Grid: HY253090
Mapcode National: GBR L561.KC6
Mapcode Global: WH69V.9Z4R
Plus Code: 9CCRXP62+X7
Entry Name: 69-73 Victoria Street, Stromness
Listing Name: 69-73 Victoria Street, Formerly the Commercial Hotel, Including Outbuilding
Listing Date: 24 March 1998
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392318
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45434
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200392318
Location: Stromness
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Stromness
Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: Hotel building
Earlier to mid 19th century, with later alterations. 3-storey, 4-bay (7-bay at ground) L-plan near symmetrical former hotel built on ground rising to W. Harled; Coursed, pointed rubble to N side and rear. Band cill course to 1st floor windows; eaves course. Cement margins to ground floor openings; strip quoins at ground.
E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: ground floor: cement-rendered and lined architraved and corniced doorpiece at ground in bay to centre; deep-set timber panelled door with small-pane fanlight; timber panelled door with small-pane fanlight and 2-flanking windows in bays to left; window in each bay to right with timber panelled door with small-pane fanlight to outer right. Window in each bay at each floor above.
S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3-bay ground floor: round-arched doorpiece in bay to left of centre; timber panelled door with decorative round-arched fanlight; window in each bay flanking. Window in each bay at each floor above.
N (SIDE) ELEVATION: single bay. Window set wide to right at 1st and 2nd floors.
W (REAR, INTERNAL) ELEVATION: regular fenestration with single storey lean-to, corrugated-iron-roofed addition to internal angle.
Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Purple and grey slate; stone ridge; ashlar skews; corniced rubble multi-flue gablehead stack to W; multi-flue ridge stack to N; uPVC rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1997; property stands empty.
OUTBUILDING: single storey triangular-plan rubble outbuilding to W; 2 boarded doors with window flanking each to N elevation; coped wallheads; roof material unseen
Originally constructed as The Commercial Hotel, the building was taken over circa 1939-1940 as Army Officer's quarters for the duration of the Second World War. Part of the building subsequently housed Robertson's toffee factory until it acquired purpose-built premises in the 1960s. It now lies empty.
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