Millhouse, Kirkwall Road, Stromness

Millhouse is a former millworkers house located on Kirkwall Road, Stromness, dating from the mid to late 19th century. It is a single storey and attic building with a rectangular plan, featuring three bays. The house is prominently situated 1.5 kilometres north of Stromness. The listing excludes a roofless outbuilding with extensions to the southwest.

The house is constructed of split-faced flagstone rubble with a cement render and has raised, painted margins. The central timber door has deep ingoes and a rectangular fanlight above it. On either side of the main door are single sash and case windows, and there is an additional sash and case window off centre to the right in the south gable. A lean-to porch is located at the rear. The building features large corniced gablehead end stacks, shouldered skews, grey slated roofs, and small roof-lights on each pitch. The timber sash and case windows have a 12-pane glazing pattern, and there is a low garden wall in front of the house.

Internally, the layout, as seen in 2015, reflects the typical design of mid to late 19th century vernacular houses in Orkney. A hallway runs perpendicular to the main entrance, leading to two principal rooms at either end. A staircase opposite the entrance provides access to the attic. In the south room's gable wall, there is a recessed press cupboard, and the timber doors to the upper floor are shaped to follow the roof's pitch.

To the rear of the house is a former byre/cart-shed outbuilding, built of exposed flagstone rubble and extending in a long, narrow plan from east to west. This outbuilding has a lean-to addition on the east gable and a roof covered with Caithness stone slabs, with a slightly raised pitch.