7 Bridge Street, Kirkwall

Mid-19th century possibly incorporating earlier fabric. 3-storey and attic single bay rectangular-plan, crowstepped gabled house, converted to restaurant at ground with gable end to street; segmental arch to pend to right. Painted cement rendered and lined at ground; harled above. Corniced shop fascia over ground floor with gableted bracket terminals; block cills to window above. Enlarged segmental-arched windows at 1st and 2nd floors to east (street) elevation and to some openings to north and south elevations. East (Principal) Elevation: deep-set, part-glazed door at ground in bay to centre; enlarged window in each bay flanking. Bipartite window at each floor above; smaller attic window to gablehead; gablehead stack above. South (Side) Elevation: 2-bay, with slightly advanced, full-height crowstepped gabled bay to centre. Segmental-arched doorway with modern door at ground; window at each floor above; small attic window to gablehead; gablehead stack above. Blocked window at ground in bay to left; window at each floor above. North (Side) Elevation: irregularly fenestrated. West (Rear) Elevation: Window at each floor in bay to left; small attic window set to left of gable; gablehead stack above. 4-pane timber sash and case bipartite windows; predominantly 2-pane timber sash and case windows elsewhere. Graded traditional grey stone tiled roof; red clay ridge; rubble and harled corniced stack to west; harled coped stack (not used) to east; uPVC and cast-iron rainwater goods. Interior: converted as modern restaurant at ground; not seen above, 1998.