34 North End Road, Stromness is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 March 1998. Cottage.

34 North End Road, Stromness

WRENN ID
former-cloister-pearl
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
Cottage
OS grid reference
HY 256 097
Coordinates
58.96813, -3.29451
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

34 North End Road in Stromness is a mid to late 19th century end-of-terrace cottage with later alterations and additions. It is a single-storey building, with a basement at the rear, and features a symmetrical three-bay rectangular plan, situated on a slope that falls towards the east. The exterior is constructed of pointed coursed rubble with ashlar cills, and the windows are positioned close to the eaves.

On the west (principal) elevation, there is a timber door with a 2-pane letterbox fanlight located in the central bay, with a window in each of the flanking bays. The east (rear) elevation includes a central timber T-plan forestair, a timber oriel porch to the right at ground level above a basement window, and a window in the left bay above another basement window. There is also a boarded basement door to the right of centre.

The north (side) elevation consists of a single bay with a window at ground level on the right and a gablehead stack above. The cottage predominantly features small-pane timber-framed windows, with unevenly placed rooflights on the west pitch and a small rooflight on the east pitch. The roof is covered with grey slate, has a stone ridge, and includes a corniced rubble gablehead stack on the north side, a mutual stack on the south, concrete skews, and uPVC rainwater goods.

Local climate

34 North End Road, 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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