Warehouse, 8 Victoria Street, Stromness is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Warehouse, tourist office. 4 related planning applications.
Warehouse, 8 Victoria Street, Stromness
- WRENN ID
- rough-foundation-meadow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1971
- Type
- Warehouse, tourist office
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Circa 1675 with later alterations and additions. 2-storey and attic 5-bay rectangular-plan near-symmetrical crowstepped-gabled former warehouse, converted as tourist office; 2-storey part corrugated-iron warehouse adjoining to right (N); single storey barrel-roofed building adjoining to rear (W). Harled with cement window cills.
E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: modern part-glazed 2-leaf timber door with flanking lights at ground in bay to centre; Timber forestair from left to modern part-glazed boarded door with flanking lights, set slightly to right at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bays flanking. Deep-set modern door at ground with window at 1st floor above in bays to outer left and right.
S (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay gabled elevation: Window at each floor in each bay; attic window to each side of gable; gablehead stack above.
12- and 8-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey Caithness slate roof; stone ridge; harled, corniced gablehead stacks to N and S; uPVC rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: re-fitted as modern tourist office at ground; timber reception desk to centre; stone flagged floor; not seen above.
Detailed Attributes
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