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The Sea Door Including Murray And Macbeath's Lodberry, 14 Commercial Street, Lerwick

A Category B Listed Building in Lerwick, Shetland Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 60.1528 / 60°9'9"N

Longitude: -1.1383 / 1°8'17"W

OS Eastings: 447942

OS Northings: 1141232

OS Grid: HU479412

Mapcode National: GBR R1JX.52R

Mapcode Global: XHFB4.L2JK

Plus Code: 9CGW5V36+4M

Entry Name: The Sea Door Including Murray And Macbeath's Lodberry, 14 Commercial Street, Lerwick

Listing Name: 14 Commercial Street, the Sea Door, Including Murray's Lodberry and Macbeath's Lodberry

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382262

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37240

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200382262

Location: Lerwick

County: Shetland Islands

Town: Lerwick

Electoral Ward: Lerwick South

Traditional County: Shetland

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Description

18th century, with later alteration. Single storey and attic over concealed basement, 4-bay asymmetrical house with single storey and attic over basement wing projecting to N at W giving L-plan. Random rubble walls with polished and droved ashlar dressings.

S (COMMERCIAL STREET) ELEVATION: asymmetrical, entrance door with flanking windows grouped to left of centre and further window in broad bay to outer right. Vertically-boarded timber door with plate glass fanlight above.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: 2 bays, single window in bay to left, gabled wing advanced in bay to right, windows centring gable at each floor, square 2-pane fixed-light at basement.

E AND W GABLES: single window to right at 1st floor of each.

Timber sash and case windows, 4-pane to most openings, 9-pane at left of rear elevation. Purple-grey slate roof with cast-iron gutters and downpipes. Rubble stacks to E and W gables, wallhead stack to E elevation of wing, all coped with circular cans. Cement-rendered skew copes.

Random rubble walls at Murray?s Lodberry to E of wing, and at MacBeath?s Lodberry to W of wing.

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