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Latitude: 58.9839 / 58°59'1"N
Longitude: -2.9577 / 2°57'27"W
OS Eastings: 345051
OS Northings: 1011143
OS Grid: HY450111
Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.RTQ
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.JGS7
Plus Code: 9CCVX2MR+HW
Entry Name: 26, 28 Bridge Street, Kirkwall
Listing Name: 26 Bridge Street
Listing Date: 8 December 1971
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 381620
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB36768
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200381620
Location: Kirkwall
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Kirkwall
Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: Retail store
18th century, re-built circa 1815, with later alterations. 2-storey and attic, 2-bay, (5-bay at ground), rectangular-plan, crowstepped house (converted as shop at ground). Cement rendered at ground; harled at 1st floor. Band course between floors. Raised, painted margins to ground floor windows; cement cills to 1st floor windows.
W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: recessed, part-glazed timber panelled door with letterbox fanlight at ground in bay offset to left of centre; window at 1st floor above. Window in each bay flanking door at ground. Window at each floor in bay to outer right.
N (SIDE) ELEVATION: window to right of centre at each floor, with small attic window to gable; gablehead stack above.
S (SIDE) ELEVATION: abutting number 30; gablehead stack.
Timber-framed shop windows at ground; modern small-pane timber-framed windows at 1st floor with top-hung upper lights; 2 evenly disposed roof light s to W pitch. Grey slate roof (replacing 20th centiry corrugated-iron); stone ridge; corniced, harled gablehead stacks; uPVC rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: modern shop conversion at ground; unseen elsewhere.
The building retains its traditional crowstepped gables.
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