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Latitude: 58.9811 / 58°58'51"N
Longitude: -2.9565 / 2°57'23"W
OS Eastings: 345115
OS Northings: 1010830
OS Grid: HY451108
Mapcode National: GBR M42Z.SFL
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.KJCC
Plus Code: 9CCVX2JV+C9
Entry Name: 12 School Place, Kirkwall
Listing Name: 12 School Place
Listing Date: 15 March 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393131
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46020
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393131
Location: Kirkwall
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Kirkwall
Electoral Ward: Kirkwall East
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: House
Early 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan symmetrical house, built on ground rising slightly to E, set back from street. Harled. 1st floor windows set close under eaves.
SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: timber panelled door at ground in bay to centre; small window 1st floor above. Window at each floor in each bay flanking.
SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: window set to right at 1st floor; gablehead stack above.
12- and single-over-6-pane timber sash and case windows; timber framed central 1st floor window. Purple slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews; harled, corniced gablehead stacks; uPVC rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.
B-Group with 6, 8 and 10 School Place. A relatively unaltered 19th century house which retains most of its original small-pane glazing pattern.
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