4 Broad Street, Kirkwall is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Town house. 2 related planning applications.
4 Broad Street, Kirkwall
- WRENN ID
- scattered-hinge-candle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1971
- Type
- Town house
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Earlier 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan symmetrical plain classical town house (converted to offices); lower 2-bay wing at rear forming L-plan with stair tower to angel; crowsteps to rear. Re-pointed squared and coursed rubble with polished ashlar and cement dressings. Band course between floors; eaves course. Plain cement margins to windows; long and short quoins.
W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: pilastered and corniced doorpiece at ground in bay to centre; timber panelled door with decorative geometric fanlight; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in each bay flanking.
N (STRYND) ELEVATION: window set to left at ground in gabled block to right. Blocked window at ground with window at 1st floor in each of 2-bay wing to left.
12-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; stone ridge; harled, corniced gablehead stack to S; ashlar, corniced stack to N; extended stack to rear (E) wing; stone skews and thack stanes to W; predominantly cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: converted as offices; not fully seen, 1998.
Detailed Attributes
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