21, 23 Bridge Street, Kirkwall

18th century, re-fronted, 1882, with later alterations and additions. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay rectangular-plan symmetrical town house with 2-bay gabled elevation to street and 3-bay entrance elevation with single storey pitch-roofed porch. Harled with stugged sandstone dressings; random rubble to N. Cornice to entrance porch; long and short margins to openings to E and S; timber flagpoles fixed to outer 1st floor windows.

E (GABLED) ELEVATION: 3-bay at ground: modern, part-glazed door at ground in bay to centre; carved rope moulding surrounding initials JJ over door. Window at each floor in each bay flanking; gablehead stack above.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: segmental-headed window to entrance porch at ground in bay to centre; block finial to gable above; modern timber panelled door to right return; window at 1st floor to main house above. Tripartite window at ground with window at 1st floor in bay to right. Window at 1st floor in bay to left.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: lower 2-storey house (Number 25, listed separately) adjoining in bay to left; attic window to main gable above. modern small-pane glazed door at ground in bay to right; window at each floor above; gablehead stack.

N ELEVATION: slightly advanced blank full-height bay to left of centre; wallhead gable and gablehead stack above. Attic window, set close to gable, breaking eaves to centre. Window at 1st floor in bay to right.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows; 12-pane timber sash and case windows at ground d to E elevation. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews to porch; harled and sandstone ashlar corniced gablehead stacks to E, W and N; predominantly uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: low harled boundary walls to E with ridged ashalr cope; spear-headed wrought-iron railings; similar gate.