41 Graham Place, Stromness is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 March 1998. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

41 Graham Place, Stromness

WRENN ID
crumbling-trefoil-torch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 March 1998
Type
Cottage
Address
41 Graham Place, Stromness, KW16 3BY
OS grid reference
HY 252 089
Coordinates
58.96113, -3.30064
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

41 Graham Place in Stromness is a late 18th to early 19th century cottage, with later alterations and additions. It is a single storey and attic structure with a symmetrical three-bay rectangular plan, built on ground that rises steeply to the west. The exterior is harled with an eaves course.

On the north (principal) elevation, there is a deep-set timber panelled door located in the central bay, with a window in each of the flanking bays. The south (rear) elevation features a regular four-bay layout, including a lean-to addition with a corrugated-iron roof on the outer right. There is a part-glazed timber door at ground level in the bay to the left of centre, a window at ground level with a gabletted dormer breaking the eaves in the outer left bay, another window at ground level in the bay to the right of centre, and a window at ground level with a dormer window breaking the eaves in the outer right bay.

The west (side) elevation has a blank gabled wall with a gablehead stack above. The east (side) elevation includes an attic window to the right of the gable, with a gablehead stack above.

The cottage features 2-, 4-, and 6-pane timber sash and case windows, a rooflight between the dormers at the rear, a grey slate roof with a slate ridge, cement skews, and corniced gablehead stacks to the east and west. The rainwater goods are predominantly cast-iron. The interior was not seen in 1997.

Local climate

41 Graham Place, Stromness sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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