Description

Early to earlier 19th century. 2-storey, rectangular-plan house; harled.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central door; window to right; 2 windows to left. 1st floor window centred above door; flanking windows above ground floor outer windows. 1st floor windows under eaves.

SE ELEVATION: adjoins adjacent house.

SW ELEVATION: plain elevation.

NW ELEVATION: ground floor window to right; 1st floor window centred above; blocked 1st floor window to left.

Replacement timber and glazed door; fanlight. 12-pane timber sash and case windows to principal elevation; 4-pane timber sash and case windows to NW elevation. Pitched Welsh slate roof; Caithness slate easing course; corniced gable apex stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen, 2002.

Statement of Interest

Characteristic of 19th century Orcadian housing, this is a typically plain gable ended property, its entrance elevation with 1st floor windows positioned just below eaves. The ground floor window at the 2nd bay may be a later insertion, interrupting what would otherwise be a symmetrical 3-bay arrangement. Although the interior was not seen, the house has been modernised and retains no original features. The names of Patrick Gorie and Elizabeth D Gorie are mentioned in the 1880 title deeds. An appendix in the deeds alludes to a disposition of property in Queen Street from a third party to Patrick and Elizabeth Gorie in 1832. Although unspecified, this appendix could relate to 10 Queen Street (owner's information).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77777288

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)