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7 Nicolson Street, Kirkwall

A Category C Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9758 / 58°58'32"N

Longitude: -2.9674 / 2°58'2"W

OS Eastings: 344480

OS Northings: 1010250

OS Grid: HY444102

Mapcode National: GBR M510.7CR

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.DN5F

Plus Code: 9CCVX2GM+82

Entry Name: 7 Nicolson Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 7 Nicolson Street, Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 15 March 1999

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 393119

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46008

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200393119

Location: Kirkwall

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Kirkwall

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

Earlier to mid 19th century with later alterations and additions. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan, symmetrical house with full-height, slightly advanced, finialled gabled bay to centre. Harled. Concrete block cills.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set modern timber door at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in each bay flanking.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: window, set to right at 1st floor; gablehead stack above.

Predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews; harled, corniced gablehead stacks to E and W; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low rubble walls to N elevation; stone cope; higher rubble walls with rubble cope enclosing rectangular-plan garden to W.

Statement of Interest

Remaining largely intact in plan, the full-height central gabled bay is possibly a later addition. The building retains its substantial gablehead stacks.

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