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Latitude: 58.9811 / 58°58'51"N
Longitude: -2.9614 / 2°57'41"W
OS Eastings: 344833
OS Northings: 1010831
OS Grid: HY448108
Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.XT7
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.HJ1D
Plus Code: 9CCVX2JQ+CC
Entry Name: Royal Bank Of Scotland, 1 Victoria Street, Kirkwall
Listing Name: 1 Victoria Street, Royal Bank of Scotland, Including Boundary Walls, Railings and Gatepiers
Listing Date: 15 March 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393135
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46023
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393135
Location: Kirkwall
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Kirkwall
Electoral Ward: Kirkwall East
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: Bank building
Dick Peddie, Todd & Jamieson, 1938. 2-storey and attic over basement, 5-bay rectangular-plan symmetrical bank building built on raised platform with paired doorways to outer bays and box dormers. Squared and coursed rubble with polished sandstone ashlar dressings. Eaves cornice. Long and short margins to openings. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement; long and short quoins.
E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: window at each floor in 3 bays to centre. Steps to moulded architraved and corniced doorway at ground in bays to outer right and left; modern door in bay to outer left; cash point machine in bay to outer right; window at 1st floor. 2 evenly disposed dormers above.
N (SIDE) ELEVATION: window at ground and 1st floors, offset to left of centre; attic window to left of gable; gablehead stack above.
Timber framed windows at ground; 2-pane timber sash and case windows at 1st floor; small-pane timber sash and case dormer windows; central small rooflight to E pitch. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; rubble corniced gablehead d stacks to N and S; predominantly cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative, polygonal hoppers.
INTERIOR: modern bank building at ground; unseen above, 1998.
BOUNDARY WALLS, RAILINGS AND GATEPIERS: low coped wall with cast-iron railings; square-plan gatepiers to steps with simple squared caps.
Built on raised ground and set back slightly from the street, this bank building stands at the north end of Victoria Street. It is boldly symmetrical and retains its eaves cornice and wide, corniced stacks.
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