Herring-Curing Station, Mirkady Point is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 May 1999. Fishing station.
Herring-Curing Station, Mirkady Point
- WRENN ID
- secret-corridor-dust
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1999
- Type
- Fishing station
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan symmetrical fishing station with lean-to shed to rear (now roofless) and forestair to W gable. Random rubble.
S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: boarded door at ground in bay to centre; window (blocked) at 1st floor above. Window at ground in bay to left; window (blocked) at 1st floor above. Window (blocked) at each floor in bay to right.
N (REAR) ELEVATION: single storey, 4-bay former shed wall spanning rear elevation. Former window in each bay to left; former doorway in bay to outer right; bottle-shaped fireplace to interior W wall; remnants of rubble stack above. Centred blocked window at each floor to rear elevation of fishing station behind; small ventilation holes along entire elevation beneath eaves.
W (SIDE) ELEVATION: rubble screen wall to forestair to boarded door, set to right of gable at 1st floor; gablehead stack above. Blank former shed wall to outer left.
E (SIDE) ELEVATION: window (blocked) at 1st floor set to right of gable; gablehead stack above. Former shed wall to outer right.
Single remaining fixed timber-framed window; remainder blocked. Grey slate roof; coped skews; rubble, corniced stacks.
INTERIOR: exposed tiebeams and boards to floor division. Now used as hay store.
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