24 John Street, Stromness

24 John Street in Stromness is a mid-19th century building that has undergone later alterations and additions. It is a two-storey and attic structure with a rectangular plan, featuring five bays on the front and six bays at ground level. This near-symmetrical pair of houses includes a property to the right (south) that has been converted into a shop. The ground floor is painted cement-rendered and lined, while the first floor is made of pointed rubble. There is a band course separating the ground and first floors, and the windows on the first floor have cement-rendered and lined margins.

On the west (principal) elevation, the bays are grouped in a 2-3 arrangement. The two-bay group on the left (No 26) has a stone step leading to a timber panelled door with a rectangular fanlight in the right bay, with a window above it on the first floor. There is a window in each floor of the left bay. The four-bay group on the right (No 24, which includes the shop) features a picture window at ground level in the central bay, flanked by a deep-set modern glazed door to the right. Above, there is a window on the first floor, with windows in each floor of the flanking bays.

The south (side) elevation has a single bay gabled wall, with a picture window at ground level, a window on the first floor, and an attic window in the gable above to the left, along with a gablehead stack. The north (side) elevation also has a single bay gabled wall, featuring an attic window to the left of the gable and a gablehead stack above.

The east (rear) elevation is regularly fenestrated and includes a stair light at the centre of the rear of No 26. There is an asymmetrically pitched addition projecting east from No 24, which has a box dormer above it.

The building features four- and two-pane timber sash and case windows, with picture windows at ground level for the shop. The roof is covered with Caithness slate and has a stone ridge. There are corniced rubble stacks on the south and at the ridge, a harled corniced gablehead stack on the north, concrete skews with beak skewputts, a small rooflight on the west pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods.