20 Bridge Street, Kirkwall

20 Bridge Street in Kirkwall is an early 19th-century house with later alterations. It is a two-storey and attic structure with a rectangular plan and three bays, featuring a gabled end facing the street. It is adjacent to another two-storey, three-bay house on the right, known as Number 22. Number 20 has a cement-rendered and lined exterior, while the rear is harled. Number 22 is entirely harled. There is a cornice course between the ground and first floors, with carved anthemion consoles at the ends of the cornice.

On the west elevation facing Bridge Street, there are two-leaf boarded storm doors leading to an architraved doorpiece in the central bay. Large shop windows flank this door in each bay. Above, there is a window in the left of centre bay on the first floor, and a wide gablehead stack is present.

The south elevation shows a three-bay arrangement for Number 20. It has a deep-set architraved modern timber door in the central bay at ground level, with a window above on the first floor. There are also windows in the right bay at both floors and a window in the left bay on the first floor. The three-bay group to the right, Number 22, features a part-glazed modern timber door in the central bay at ground level, with a window above on the first floor. There are windows in the left bay at both floors, and a modern timber-panelled door in the penultimate right bay. The outer right bay has a window at ground level and an enlarged window above on the first floor.

The north elevation is irregularly fenestrated, featuring three box dormers above. The building exhibits a variety of glazing patterns, including large timber-framed shop windows and 4- and 12-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slate, featuring stone ridges and stone skews. There is a cement-rendered and lined corniced gablehead stack on the west side, a similar central ridge stack, and a rubble corniced gablehead stack on the east side. The building predominantly uses uPVC for rainwater goods.

The interior of Number 20 has been converted to a shop at ground level, while the upper floors are not visible. Number 22 was unseen as of 1998.