Cottage, 10 South End, Stromness

Circa 1800 with later alterations and additions. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, rectangular-plan pair of back-to-back cottages with single storey pitch-roofed and lean-to additions to E. Cement-rendered and lined to N (No 10); harled to S (No 12) Painted cement margins to openings. Gabletted dormers to S.

N (No 10) ELEVATION: 3-bay with 3-bay addition to left (E). Architraved timber panelled door with blocked and flanking narrow lights at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor in bays flanking. 3-bay addition to left: boarded door with fanlight in bay to centre. Pointed-arched windows flanking.

S (No 12) ELEVATION: part-glazed timber panelled door with blocked fanlight at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Window at each floor with dormer window, breaking eaves, above. Single bay addition, with central window, to right; timber-framed, flat-roofed glazed conservatory to outer right.

W ELEVATION: 3-bay, M-gabled elevation. Window in each bay at ground. Small attic window, set wide, in each gable; gablehead stacks above.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Purple Welsh slate to No 12; stone tiles to N addition; grey slate to remainder; stone ridges; ashlar skews; corniced harled gablehead stacks; uPVC rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1997.

SLIPWAY AND QUAY: Caithness slabs over square-plan rubble quay to E; rubble slipway flanking N side.