24 Bridge Street, Kirkwall

24 Bridge Street in Kirkwall is an early 19th-century building that has undergone later alterations and additions. Notably, it features a medieval arch from St Olaf's Kirk that has been re-set in the courtyard entrance wall at the rear. The structure is a 2-storey and attic, 4-bay house, which has been converted for use as a building society on the ground floor. It has a 2-bay gabled end facing the street and two box dormers on the south pitch. The ground floor is finished in painted ashlar, while the upper sections are cement rendered and lined, with harling on other areas. There is a base course and a band course above the ground floor on the street side.

On the west elevation, which is the principal gabled side, there is a deep-set timber panelled door with a 2-pane rectangular fanlight located in the bay to the right of centre. To the centre and left, there are two shop windows. Above, there is a window in each floor and a gablehead stack.

The south elevation is 4-bay, featuring a courtyard entrance bay on the outer right. There is a window at each floor in the bay to the left of centre, along with a box dormer above. The outer left bay also has a window at each floor, while the bay to the right of centre has a window on the first floor and a box dormer above. The deep-set timber panelled door with a large rectangular fanlight is located in the outer right bay, with a window above on the first floor. Additionally, there are two-leaf boarded doors with a geometric fanlight set in a round-arched medieval doorpiece in the courtyard entrance at the extreme right.

The north elevation features a centrally located window with narrow flanking windows at ground level, a window on the first floor, and two evenly spaced box dormers above.

The rear elevation includes a walled courtyard that spans the ground bays, with a central window on the first floor and two attic windows in the gable above. The ground floor has large shop windows, while the upper floors predominantly feature 12-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with replacement pantiles, and there is a painted cement rendered and lined corniced gablehead stack on the east side, along with uPVC rainwater goods.

The interior has been converted for use as a building society on the ground floor, with the upper levels remaining unseen since 1998.