Description

Mid 19th century kippering-house comprising fish-house

(or splittering shed), kiln, yard, store and shop. Mainly

rubble with tooled rubble dressings.

KILN: Tall rubble kiln with upper portion of long elevations, weatherboard end louvred: long louvred ridge vent.

FISH HOUSE: abuts kiln; 3 bays with 6-pane sashes and roof

lights in slate roof: gable loft entrance.

YARD: High harled rubble wall encloses yard; simple

gatepiers flank entrance.

STORE: 2-storey rectangular rubble store at right angles

to fish house. Modern narrow 3-bay shop inserted in ground

floor flanked by original 8-pane windows in outer bays,

ground and 1st floor. Central 1st floor gable loft door with

hoist projecting above.

Statement of Interest

Unusual survival of herring-kippering house associated with

herring trade and fish curing in Caithness. Most internal

fittings remain in building. 7 and 8 Wilson Lane associated

with this property, see separate entries under Wilson Lane.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17830276

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings