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Bank Of Scotland, 56 Albert Street, Kirkwall

A Category B Listed Building in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9825 / 58°58'56"N

Longitude: -2.9594 / 2°57'33"W

OS Eastings: 344951

OS Northings: 1010987

OS Grid: HY449109

Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.YW4

Mapcode Global: WH7C4.HHZ9

Plus Code: 9CCVX2JR+X6

Entry Name: Bank Of Scotland, 56 Albert Street, Kirkwall

Listing Name: 56 Albert Street, Bank of Scotland

Listing Date: 15 March 1999

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 393071

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45970

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kirkwall, 56 Albert Street, Bank Of Scotland

ID on this website: 200393071

Location: Kirkwall

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Kirkwall

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall East

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

Later 19th century. 3-storey, 5-bay rectangular-plan Italianate bank building with 3, evenly disposed shell-headed niches to 3rd floor. Polished sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; random rubble to sides. Base course; cill course to ground floor; cornice course to 3rd floor; coped blocking course with consoled dies over shell niches; terminal dies to angles. Lugged architraves to ground and 1st floor windows; plain architraves to 3rd floor windows; consoled cornices to entrances; bracketed cills to 1st floor windows. Quoins.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: timber-panelled door with large rectangular fanlight to doorways to outer left and right at ground; window in each bay remaining between. Window in each bay at 2nd floor. Alternate window and niche at 3rd floor.

SW AND NE (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: irregularly fenestrated; wallhead stack to SW elevation.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Roof material unseen; corniced wallhead stack to SW; polygonal cans; cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: unseen, 1998.

Statement of Interest

Built in the style of a mini-palazzo, this building shows a debt to David Rhind, who designed the former Commercial Bank at the other end of Albert Street (see separate list description).

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