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5 Church Road, Stromness

A Category C Listed Building in Stromness, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9625 / 58°57'44"N

Longitude: -3.2996 / 3°17'58"W

OS Eastings: 325352

OS Northings: 1009092

OS Grid: HY253090

Mapcode National: GBR L561.K6R

Mapcode Global: WH69V.9Z0N

Plus Code: 9CCRXP62+X5

Entry Name: 5 Church Road, Stromness

Listing Name: 5 Church Road

Listing Date: 24 March 1998

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392218

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45350

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392218

Location: Stromness

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Stromness

Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

Mid to later 19th century. 2-storey with attic, 3-bay rectangular-plan symmetrical house built on ground rising to N, forming E end of courtyard with Nos 7, 11 and 17 parallel to Church Road, with stone-lined storm drainage channel passing directly along S wall. Harled with cement margins to openings.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: part-glazed timber panelled door at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window in each bay flanking.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: small window at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bays flanking.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: window set to right at each floor (including attic) and gablehead stack above; blank to left.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: gabled wall with window set to left of gable; tall gablehead stack above; dramatically chamfered NW angle allowing access to courtyard.

12- and 6-pane timber sash and case windows; fixed 4-pane timber-framed window to S elevation. Replaced grey slate; stone ridge; flush rooflight to N pitch; cement skews; coped harled gablehead stacks; plain moulded cans; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.

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