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60 Victoria Street, Kirkwall

A Category B Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9796 / 58°58'46"N

Longitude: -2.9614 / 2°57'40"W

OS Eastings: 344833

OS Northings: 1010674

OS Grid: HY448106

Mapcode National: GBR M510.43D

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.HK1H

Plus Code: 9CCVX2HQ+VF

Entry Name: 60 Victoria Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 60 Victoria Street

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 381551

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36703

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kirkwall, 60 Victoria Street

ID on this website: 200381551

Location: Kirkwall

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Kirkwall

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall East

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

18th century with later alterations. 2-storey, single bay rectangular-plan, crowstepped gable-ended house (converted as shop) with stop-chamfered NW angle and tall gablehead stack. Harled. Modern concrete window cills.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set part-glazed modern door at ground in chamfered angle to outer left. Window, offset to right of centre at each floor; gablehead stack above.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: window at each floor in bay to outer left.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; tall, harled, corniced stack to W; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: converted to shop at ground; unseen above, 1998.

Statement of Interest

An unusually narrow building with a chamfered corner which retains its crowstepped gable to the street and has an unusually tall stack.

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