7 Bridge Street, Kirkwall

7 Bridge Street in Kirkwall is a mid-19th century house that may incorporate earlier elements. It is a three-storey and attic, single bay, rectangular-plan building with a crowstepped gable, which has been converted into a restaurant at the ground floor, facing the street. To the right, there is a segmental arch leading to a pend. The ground floor is painted cement rendered and lined, while the upper floors are harled. A corniced shop fascia runs above the ground floor, featuring gableted bracket terminals, and there are block cills beneath the windows above.

On the east (principal) elevation, there is a deep-set, part-glazed door at the ground level in the central bay, flanked by enlarged windows in each bay. Each floor above has a bipartite window, with a smaller attic window at the gablehead and a gablehead stack above. The south (side) elevation consists of two bays, with a slightly advanced, full-height crowstepped gabled bay in the center. It features a segmental-arched doorway with a modern door at the ground level, a window on each floor above, and a small attic window at the gablehead, along with a gablehead stack. There is a blocked window at the ground level in the left bay, with a window on each floor above. The north (side) elevation is irregularly fenestrated.

The west (rear) elevation has a window at each floor in the left bay, a small attic window to the left of the gable, and a gablehead stack above. The building features 4-pane timber sash and case bipartite windows, with predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows elsewhere. The roof is traditionally covered with grey stone tiles, has a red clay ridge, and includes a rubble and harled corniced stack to the west, as well as a harled coped stack (not in use) to the east. The rainwater goods are a mix of uPVC and cast iron. The interior has been converted into a modern restaurant at the ground floor, while the upper floors were not seen during the last inspection in 1998.