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Latitude: 58.963 / 58°57'46"N
Longitude: -3.2982 / 3°17'53"W
OS Eastings: 325437
OS Northings: 1009152
OS Grid: HY254091
Mapcode National: GBR L561.CXG
Mapcode Global: WH69V.9ZP7
Plus Code: 9CCRXP72+6P
Entry Name: 30 Victoria Street, Stromness
Listing Name: 30 Victoria Street, Entrance to the Pier Arts Centre
Listing Date: 24 March 1998
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392326
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45441
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200392326
Location: Stromness
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Stromness
Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles
Traditional County: Orkney
Earlier to mid 19th century with later alterations and additions. 2-storey and attic, 4-bay, rectangular-plan, near-symmetrical house (forming one part of the Pier Arts Centre), in terrace with piended and gabletted finialled dormers and pend to quay behind to outer left. Painted cement-rendered and lined. Pedimented margins to openings; strip quoins.
W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: timber panelled door at ground in bay to right of centre; widow at 1st floor; dormer window above. Window at each floor, including dormer, in each bay flanking. Pend entrance to outer left; small window at 1st floor above.
E (REAR) ELEVATION: small window at each floor in bay to centre; small rooflight above. Window at each floor, including dormer, in bay to left. Modern glazed door at ground in bay to right; window at 1st floor; dormer window above. Pend entrance to outer right.
2-bay timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; slate to dormers; red clay ridge; scalloped red clay ridge to dormers; red clay finials; corniced cement-rendered stacks to N and S; mutual stone skews; common crowstepped skews to SE; cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative brackets to W gutter.
INTERIOR: re-fitted at ground as Arts Centre administration base; architraved timber panelled door; timber skirting boards; central staircase with decorative cast-iron banisters and timber handrail; timber panelled former drawing room at 1st floor, now a library.
An integral part of the Pier Arts Centre, this house was once the home of Edward Clouston a 19th century Stromness merchant who was Orkney's recruiting agent for the Hudson's Bay Company, 1836-67. In the buildings on the pier, young Orkadians came to sign on for service in the 'Nor-wast'.
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