Latitude: 58.9821 / 58°58'55"N
Longitude: -2.9593 / 2°57'33"W
OS Eastings: 344954
OS Northings: 1010950
OS Grid: HY449109
Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.YXL
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.JH0K
Plus Code: 9CCVX2JR+V7
Entry Name: 7 The Strynd, Kirkwall
Listing Name: The Strynd, the Strynd Tea Rooms
Listing Date: 15 March 1999
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393132
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46021
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Kirkwall, 7 The Strynd
ID on this website: 200393132
Location: Kirkwall
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Kirkwall
Electoral Ward: Kirkwall East
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: Architectural structure
18th century, with later alterations. 2-storey, 2-bay, rectangular-plan former house with recessed, taller, 2-storey, 2-bay rectangular-plan crowstepped-gabled former house abutting to W, now converted to tea rooms. Random rubble. Deep-set openings.
N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION, TO STRYND: 2-bay group to left: centred modern part-glazed door at ground. Window at each floor in bay to left. Window at 1st floor, set wide to right. 2-bay group to right: blocked doorway at ground in bay to right; window at 1st floor. Blocked window at ground in bay to left; window at 1st floor.
12-pane timber sash and case windows. Modern concrete tiles to left hand block; traditional graded stone tiles to right hand block; tall, rubble gablehead stack to E; extended harled, coped stack to centre; predominantly cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: converted as tea room at ground; unseen above.
B-group with the Strynd walls and storehouse and 1-6 The Strynd. An important group of structures having considerable streetscape value and providing a unique and renowned space within Kirkwall.
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