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Latitude: 58.9616 / 58°57'41"N
Longitude: -3.2994 / 3°17'57"W
OS Eastings: 325365
OS Northings: 1008993
OS Grid: HY253089
Mapcode National: GBR L561.KBG
Mapcode Global: WH6B1.903S
Plus Code: 9CCRXP62+J7
Entry Name: 126 Victoria Street, Stromness
Listing Name: 124 and 126 Victoria Street, Including Quay
Listing Date: 24 March 1998
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 392341
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45448
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200392341
Location: Stromness
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Stromness
Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: House
Earlier 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay (5-bay at ground) rectangular-plan house with 2-bay gabled W elevation, converted as shop at ground; adjoining 4-bay house (No 126) to E. Harl-pointed rubble; painted cement-rendered and lined to shop front. Cornice between floors to W. 1st floor windows hugging eaves; some cement margins to openings; stop chamfered NW angle.
N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: ground floor: deep-set modern timber panelled door with large rectangular fanlight at ground in bay to right of centre; window, set close, in each bay flanking; modern 2-leaf boarded door with small-pane fanlight and flanking window to left, in bays to outer left. 3 evenly disposed windows at 1st floor above.
W (VICTORIA STREET) ELEVATION: 2-bay gabled elevation. Tall, 2-leaf, timber panelled door at ground to left. Shop window at ground to right; window at 1st floor; gablehead stack above.
Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Caithness slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews; corniced rubble gablehead stacks to E and W.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.
QUAY: Caithness flagstones to large, rectangular-plan quay (partly grassed) to E with operational boat derrick, dated 1863, to NE angle.
Before number 126 was a Coal Office it was a shop varying from confectionery to a bakery to fish and chips.
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