61 and 63 Alfred Street, Stromness is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 March 1998. House. 1 related planning application.
61 and 63 Alfred Street, Stromness
- WRENN ID
- grim-lintel-plover
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1998
- Type
- House
- Address
- 61 and 63 Alfred Street, Stromness, KW16 3DF
- OS grid reference
- HY 252 086
- Coordinates
- 58.95806, -3.3015
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
61 and 63 Alfred Street in Stromness is a mid to late 19th century two-storey house with a near-symmetrical rectangular plan, known as number 61, which is adjacent to another rectangular house and a crowstepped gabled store at right angles to the rear, forming an L-shape. The building is situated on ground that rises to the west at the rear. The exterior is harled, with pointed random rubble on the sides and a harl-pointed crowstepped gable at the rear. The openings feature painted margins.
On the east (principal) elevation, there is a deep-set timber panelled door with a small-pane fanlight located in the bay to the right of centre. To the right of this door is a window that is set close, and above it is another window at the first floor. In the bay to the left of centre, there is a window on each floor.
The north and south (side) elevations are irregularly fenestrated, and there are gablehead stacks at the outer left and right sides, respectively.
On the west (rear) elevation, there is a deep-set boarded door that is offset to the right of centre, with a wide gablehead stack above it.
The windows are predominantly four- and twelve-pane timber sash and case, along with small two-pane rooflights. Number 61 has modern asbestos tiles, while the rear is covered with purple Welsh slate. The building features stone ridges, corniced rubble ridge and gablehead stacks, and uPVC rainwater goods.
The interior was not fully seen as of 1997.
Local climate
61 and 63 Alfred Street, Stromness sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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