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5 School Place, Kirkwall

A Category B Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9812 / 58°58'52"N

Longitude: -2.9572 / 2°57'25"W

OS Eastings: 345076

OS Northings: 1010841

OS Grid: HY450108

Mapcode National: GBR M42Z.S1Y

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.KJ19

Plus Code: 9CCVX2JV+F4

Entry Name: 5 School Place, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 5 School Place, Including Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 15 March 1999

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 393126

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46015

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kirkwall, 5 School Place

ID on this website: 200393126

Location: Kirkwall

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Kirkwall

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall East

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

Circa 1800 with later alterations and additions. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, rectangular-plan, symmetrical house with stepped screen wall to lean-to addition to left (S), and later flat-roofed entrance vestibule built on ground falling to N. Harled; cement-rendered and lined vestibule.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: timber-panelled door with letterbox fanlight to vestibule at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window to each floor in each bay flanking. Boarded door set wide to left of screen wall to outer left.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: attic window to right of gabled elevation; gablehead stack above.

S (SIDE) ELELVATION: lean-to addition spanning bays at ground; attic window to right of gable; gablehead stack above.

4- and 8-pane timber sash and case windows. Traditional graded stone slated roof; corrugated-iron roof to lean-to; stone ridge; harled, corniced gablehead stacks; thack stanes; predominantly cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low stepped harled walls with timber railings along E elevation; harled boundary walls enclosing rectangular-plan garden to rear (W).

Statement of Interest

A relatively intact example of an early 19th century town house which retains its stone slated roof. The distinctive wide gap between the 1st floor window and the eaves is typical of town houses in both Orkney and Shetland.

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