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134 Victoria Street, Stromness

A Category B Listed Building in Stromness, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9614 / 58°57'40"N

Longitude: -3.299 / 3°17'56"W

OS Eastings: 325383

OS Northings: 1008968

OS Grid: HY253089

Mapcode National: GBR L561.KGY

Mapcode Global: WH6B1.908Y

Plus Code: 9CCRXP62+H9

Entry Name: 134 Victoria Street, Stromness

Listing Name: 134 Victoria Street, Including Quay and Slipway

Listing Date: 24 March 1998

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 392344

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45451

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200392344

Location: Stromness

County: Orkney Islands

Town: Stromness

Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

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Description

Earlier 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical plain classical rectangular-plan house, sharing quay with No 132. Cement-rendered and lined.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: deep-set timber panelled door at ground in bay to centre; blocked window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bays flanking.

E (SEAWARD) ELEVATION: 2-bay gabled elevation. Window at ground to right. Window at 1st floor to left. Gablehead stack above.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Modern asbestos tiles; stone ridge; concrete skews; cement-rendered and lined, corniced gablehead stacks, (W stack painted); thackstanes to E stack; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.

QUAY: Caithness flagstones to yard around house; rubble wall along S border of rectangular-plan rubble quay (now grassed), projecting to E.

Statement of Interest

A raggle on the E elevation shows the existence of a previous monopitch addition; it also reveals, beneath the cement render, the original harl-pointed rubble finish of the building.

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