Pier, Fishing Station, Hall of Tankerness, Tankerness

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 05/05/1999 Local Authority Orkney Islands Planning Authority Orkney Islands Parish St Andrews And Deerness NGR HY 52261 08620 Coordinates 352261, 1008620 — Earlier to mid 19th century group of structures. Harl-pointed. SALT WAREHOUSE: 2-storey, 5-bay rectangular-plan asymmetrical gutting shed with later pitched-roofed entrance porch to left S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: window at 1st floor in 2 central bays. Window at ground floor in bay to left. Window to gabled entrance porch in bay to penultimate left; boarded door in right return. Window at ground in bay to outer left. N (REAR) ELEVATION: irregular, 4-bay elevation. Window at ground in 2 bays to left of centre. Window at ground , with non-aligned window at 1st floor in 2 bays to right of centre. Evidence of wide, blocked, square-headed doorway in bay to centre. E (SIDE) ELEVATION: wide, segmental-arched doorway at ground; tall pointed-arched boarded loft door to above; remnants of iron pulley to gablehead. W (SIDE) ELEVATION: window set to left at 1st floor of gabled elevation. 4-pane timber sash and case, and fixed windows. Graded stone slate roof with slightly swept eaves; stone ridge; rubble, corniced ridge and gablehead stacks. INTERIOR: timber staircase to 1st floor; remainder, not seen fully, 1998. BOTHY: single storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan symmetrical bothy sited to W of main shed. Harl-pointed rubble. E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: doorway with 2-pane fanlight in bay to centre. Window in each bay flanking. W (REAR) ELEVATION: window in bay to centre. Window in bay to left. S (SIDE) ELEVATION: window set to right o centre; gablehead stack above. 12-pane timber sash and case windows to E; broken 2-pane timber sash and case windows elsewhere. Graded stone tiled roof; red clay ridge; harled, cornice

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.