Description

Early 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical, T-plan house with flat-roofed, mutule-corniced entrance porch. Harled.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: window in entrance porch; part-glazed door with letterbox fanlight in right return; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in each bay remaining.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: window, set to right, at 1st floor; gablehead stack above. Blank single storey projection (forming T-plan) to outer right.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Purple Welsh slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews; harled, corniced gablehead stacks to N and S; tall, harled, corniced gablehead stack to E (rear); ridged cylindrical cans; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND PIERS: low rendered walls with ridged cement cope; replacement wrought-iron railings; square-plan pier with pyramidal caps to angles.

Statement of Interest

Built on the southern rise out of Kirkwall, this house retains its originality of form, the rear elevation facing Bignold Park. Despite not being evident on the 1st edition OS map the 1st floor windows, set close under the eaves, and the plain symmetrical main elevation, indicate an early date.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77773591

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Care and Repair