3 The Strynd, Kirkwall

This is a 17th-century building with significant alterations in the 18th century, including additions in 1703, and a refurbishment in 1979. It comprises a complex of six properties forming a T-plan layout, built on a rising ground slope to the east. The building consists of a row of four irregular, rectangular houses facing The Strynd (numbered 2, 3, 4, and 5), alongside a crowstep-gabled house at a right angle, which creates a small courtyard (numbered 1 to the west and 6 to the east). The exterior is a mix of harled walls and polished sandstone ashlar, with cement dressings. Windows throughout have chamfered reveals on Numbers 1 and 6, while the remainder have block cills.

Number 2, located on the west side of the courtyard, features a window on each floor centered within the courtyard elevation. A modern timber-panelled door is located at ground level to the left, with another partially boarded door on the right, and a window above the pend. To the Strynd (rear), the elevation is irregular with three bays at the first floor and four at ground level, with windows on each floor.

Numbers 3, 4, and 5 along The Strynd share similar three-bay elevations for Numbers 3 and 4, featuring windows on each floor. Number 3 includes a timber-panelled door with a modern date panel indicating '1703', while Number 4 has a boarded door. Number 5 is a four-bay arrangement, with a partially glazed door offset to the left of center, a non-aligned window above, and other windows on each floor. The rear elevations of properties 3, 4, and 5 are single-storey and irregular, with timber-panelled doors and windows.

Numbers 1 and 6 have an east-facing elevation for number 1 with non-aligned windows on each floor and a timber-panelled door with window above. Number 6, on the west, has a single-story appearance with a timber panelled door and windows in each bay.

The windows are predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case style. The roofs are traditional stone tiles with stone ridges and skews. The building has harled corniced gableheads and ridge stacks, along with predominantly uPVC rainwater goods. The interior was not inspected in 1998.