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Quoypettie, Deerness

A Category C Listed Building in East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.942 / 58°56'31"N

Longitude: -2.7423 / 2°44'32"W

OS Eastings: 357379

OS Northings: 1006318

OS Grid: HY573063

Mapcode National: GBR M5L3.2GT

Mapcode Global: WH7CF.VHBV

Plus Code: 9CCVW7R5+Q3

Entry Name: Quoypettie, Deerness

Listing Name: Deerness, Quoypettie, Including Ancillary Structures

Listing Date: 5 May 1999

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 393363

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46149

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200393363

Location: St Andrews and Deerness

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Parish: St Andrews And Deerness

Traditional County: Orkney

Tagged with: Cottage

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Description

Mid 19th century with later additions. Single storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan symmetrical cottage with single storey, single-bay outbuilding at right angles to rear forming L-plan complex. Random rubble. Concrete cills. Later single storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan shed to rear, extending original outbuilding. Harl-pointed rubble with breeze block easing course.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set boarded door in bay to centre. Window in each bay flanking.

N AND S (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: blank with gablehead stack.

4-pane timber sash and case windows; small rooflights to W pitch. Purple slate roof; stone ridge; rubble, corniced gablehead stacks; thack stanes.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

OUTBUILDINGS: boarded door set to left of W (gabled) elevation. Fixed timber-framed window set to left in N elevation. Stone tiled and turf-covered roof.

INTERIOR: exposed rafters and tie beams. Deep-set boarded door with window in each bay flanking, all set to right to N elevation of later wing to E. Fixed timber-framed windows. Corrugated-iron roof; stone ridge. INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

Statement of Interest

A relatively intact example of a traditional Orkney cottage with associated farm buildings. Features to note include the disproportionately large gablehead stacks.

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