17, 19, 21 Broad Street, Kirkwall

17, 19, and 21 Broad Street in Kirkwall is an 18th-century building with later alterations and additions. It is a two-storey and attic structure with a rectangular plan and crow-stepped gables, situated on a corner site with St Magnus Lane. The gabled end faces Broad Street and includes a flat-roofed, two-storey, single-bay block to the right, creating a three-bay range. The exterior is harled with plain cement margins around the openings.

The principal elevation on Broad Street features a modern, part-glazed door with a large rectangular fanlight in the center bay at ground level, along with a window above it on the first floor. There is a non-aligned attic window set to the right of the gable. Each flanking bay has an enlarged shop window at ground level and a window above on the first floor. A gablehead stack is located to the left.

The large shop windows at ground level are complemented by 12-pane timber sash and case windows on the first floor and a 2-pane timber sash and case window in the attic. The roof is covered with grey slate and includes a large, flat-roofed box dormer on the north pitch. The gablehead stacks on the east and west sides are harled and corniced but blocked, while a tall, similar wallhead stack is present on the south elevation. The building predominantly features uPVC rainwater goods.

The interior has been converted into a shop on the ground floor, with the first floor remaining unseen since 1998.