Ancillary Building to 2-4 Wellington Street, Junction Road, Kirkwall

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 08/12/1971 Local Authority Orkney Islands Planning Authority Orkney Islands Burgh Kirkwall NGR HY 44705 10480 Coordinates 344705, 1010480 — 18th century with later alterations. 2-storey, 4-bay rectangular-plan asymmetrical building divided to form 2 dwellings, abutting Number 6 Wellington Street (listed separately) to right (W). Harled; cement rendered at rear. Cement window cills. N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: bays arranged, 3-1. Deep-set, modern part-glazed door at ground in bay to centre; window at 1st floor above. Identical arrangement in bay to left. Window at each floor in bay to outer left. Window at each floor in bay to outer right. E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay. Window at ground in bay to left. Window at 1st floor in bay to right; gablehead stack above. 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Purple slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews; harled, coped gablehead stacks to E and W; predominantly uPVC rainwater goods. INTERIOR: not seen, 1998. ANCILLARY BUILDING: single storey and attic, single bay, square-plan rubble garage (formerly cart shed and hay loft?) sited to rear (S) of main block. Modern garage door with boarded door flanking to S elevation; boarded hay loft door above. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews. BOUNDARY WALLS: rubble walls with rubble cope to rectangular-plan garden to rear (S); boarded pedestrian gate to E. — An imposing asymmetrical building standing at the east end of Wellington Street.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.