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Warehouse, 18 Commercial Street, Lerwick

A Category B Listed Building in Lerwick, Shetland Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 60.1528 / 60°9'10"N

Longitude: -1.1385 / 1°8'18"W

OS Eastings: 447932

OS Northings: 1141238

OS Grid: HU479412

Mapcode National: GBR R1JX.4Z4

Mapcode Global: XHFB4.L2FJ

Plus Code: 9CGW5V36+4J

Entry Name: Warehouse, 18 Commercial Street, Lerwick

Listing Name: 18 Commercial Street, "Steamer Store"

Listing Date: 8 December 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382263

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37241

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200382263

Location: Lerwick

County: Shetland Islands

Town: Lerwick

Electoral Ward: Lerwick South

Traditional County: Shetland

Tagged with: Warehouse

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Description

18th century. Single storey, 3 x 2-bay store at N end of lodberry. Random rubble walls with stugged sandstone dressings. 3-bay N elevation with sea door at centre and flanking, partially-infilled, windows. E gable; door at left and slit window in gablehead. W gable; partially infilled window at left, infilled slit window at right, coped wall extending to right with sea door at centre, stone steps and 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber doors. Corrugated sheet roof, concrete covered skew copes.

Statement of Interest

The store was long used by the North of Scotland & Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company (originally the Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Company) and became known as the "Steamer Store Lodberry" although it ceased this function in 1875. Steamers would anchor in the harbour and goods were loaded into flit boats which unloaded into either the N or E sea door depending on the weather conditions.

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