North Church Manse, Back Road, Stromness

Dated 1865 with later alterations and additions. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical T-plan gothic-detailed former manse with steeply gabled advanced central bay and single storey pitch-roofed wing extending N at rear. Re-pointed stugged and snecked sandstone ashlar with polished and droved sandstone dressings. String course between ground and 1st floors continuous as stepped hood moulds, corbelled over door; stepped round-arched hood mould over central 1st floor window. Chamfered reveals to long and short margins to openings; long and short quoins.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: roll-moulded architraved doorpiece with armorial panel below hoodmould at ground in advanced bay to centre; window at 1st floor; point-arched gablehead window above; decorative octagonal gablehead stack. Tripartite at ground with bipartite at 1st floor above in bays flanking.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-bay advanced gabled wall with single storey 3-bay block to left. 2-bay block: stair window to centre; gablehead window above. Window at each floor in bay to left. 3-bay block: blocked window to centre. Window in bay to left. Modern uPVC door in bay to right.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: window at each floor in each bay with small gablehead window and gablehead stack in 2-bay block to right. Bipartite at ground with single window at 1st floor in recessed bay to outer left.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: small window set to right at each floor in gabled bay to left; gablehead stack above. pitched projection with lean-to addition to E from blank wall to recessed bay to right.

Predominantly 6-pane timber sash and case windows with fixed stair window at rear. Grey slate; stone ridge; stone skews; harled coped gablehead stacks; decorative octagonal cans; cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.

BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS AND GATES: random rubble walls with rubble cope enclosing garden sloping down to E; coped square-plan rubble gatepiers sited to S with replacement wrought-iron gates.