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The Whitehouse, Whitehouse Lane, Stromness

A Category B Listed Building in Stromness, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.959 / 58°57'32"N

Longitude: -3.3022 / 3°18'7"W

OS Eastings: 325198

OS Northings: 1008705

OS Grid: HY251087

Mapcode National: GBR L561.Q1S

Mapcode Global: WH6B1.72SS

Plus Code: 9CCRXM5X+H4

Entry Name: The Whitehouse, Whitehouse Lane, Stromness

Listing Name: Whitehouse Lane, White House, Outbuildings to Rear

Listing Date: 24 March 1998

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392345

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45452

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Stromness, Whitehouse Lane, The Whitehouse

ID on this website: 200392345

Location: Stromness

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Stromness

Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

Tagged with: House

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Description

Possibly circa 1680. Single storey and attic 3-bay rectangular-plan asymmetrical crowstepped gabled outbuilding with forestair to N, with further rectangular-plan shed/store set close to W, to rear (W) of re-built Whitehouse. Harl-pointed rubble.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: doorway offset to left of centre; window to outer left. Window to right of centre.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: stone forestair with extended wall projecting E, to boarded door, offset to left of gable; gablehead stack above.

6-pane timber sash and case windows. Corrugated-iron roof; stone ridge; rubble corniced gablehead stacks to N and S, stack to S extended.

Rectangular-plan pitched harl-pointed rubble store to W; Purple Welsh slates to roof; stone ridge.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997.

Statement of Interest

The Whitehouse, the replacement to which stands directly to the E of these buildings, was built in 1680 and was so called because it was the first house in Stromness to be constructed with lime mortar instead of clay. Captain Bligh dined in the house with the Stewarts of Massetter when Captain Cook's ships called into Stromness in 1780. George Stewart served on the Bounty during the 1789 mutiny and provided the model for Byron's 'Torquil'.

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