Fish Processing Plant, Harbour Street, Kirkwall

The Fish Processing Plant on Harbour Street in Kirkwall dates from the mid-19th century and has undergone later alterations. It is a two-storey, two-bay building with a rectangular plan and a nearly symmetrical M-gabled roof, featuring twin ridge ventilators on the south side. The exterior is constructed of squared and snecked rubble, with segmental brick arches above the first-floor windows.

On the north elevation, which is the principal facade, there are full-height round arches at each gable, with the openings slightly recessed. The ground floor has a large square-headed entrance flanked by windows in each bay. Above, there is a large segmental-arched window on the first floor, an oculus on the right gablehead, and a fish weather-vane on the left gablehead. Additionally, there is a window in a lean-to projection on the outer right.

The ground floor features 2-pane timber sash and case windows, while the first floor has large timber-framed windows with boarded upper sections. The roof is covered with grey slate, and there are stone ridges, stone skews, and cast-iron rainwater goods. The interiors were not seen in 1998.