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132 Victoria Street, Stromness

A Category C Listed Building in Stromness, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9614 / 58°57'41"N

Longitude: -3.2989 / 3°17'56"W

OS Eastings: 325390

OS Northings: 1008975

OS Grid: HY253089

Mapcode National: GBR L561.KK3

Mapcode Global: WH6B1.90BX

Plus Code: 9CCRXP62+HC

Entry Name: 132 Victoria Street, Stromness

Listing Name: 132 Victoria Street, Including Quay and Slipway

Listing Date: 24 March 1998

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392343

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45450

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392343

Location: Stromness

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Stromness

Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

Earlier 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical rectangular-plan house, adjoined to W by 2-storey rubble store, sharing quay with number 134. Harled with cconcrete cills. Timber mullions to bipartites.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set modern part-glazed door at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Bipartite window at each floor in bay to right. Single window at each floor in bay to left.

E (SEAWARD) ELEVATION: 2-bay gablehead elevation. Bipartite at ground to left; single window at 1st floor above. Single window at 1st floor to right; gablehead stack above.

Modern 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; cement skews; harled corniced stack to E; extended rubble ridge stack to W; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: internal walls at ground removed; re-fitted internally.

QUAY: Caithness flagstones to quay around house; coped low rubble wall bordering quay to E; rubble slipway to N.

Statement of Interest

In the process of its refurbishment, a number of the windows in this building have been enlarged to create bipartites.

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