9-11, Victoria Street, Kirkwall

Deep plan building with split frontage to Victoria Street - the South portion of which is a cottage style with pitched roof set parallel to the street, the North being a large piended roof with a recessed glazed entrance.

9 September 2013: External inspection finds this site - number 9 and 11 being understood to be interlinked - disused. Moss growth evident to roofs, substantial shrub growing from South chimney. Downpipes are corruded with some leakage evident from gutters. Maintenance is required to timber windows to number 11. Walls appears to be in fair condition. Full Planning Permission for change of use from commercial to a café/bistro and re-roof with slate was conditionally granted Aug 2010 ref: 10/290/PP.

27 December 2013: The site is currently being marketed for sale through agent Orkney Property Centre at overs over £299,000.

30 December 2013: Orkney Council has secured £1.2 million of funding from Historic Scotland for a Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) in Kirkwall. A further £1.625 million has been earmarked by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards the regeneration of Kirkwall’s historic town centre through a Townscape Heritage Initiative Scheme (THI). More detailed plans for the THI funding will be submitted to the HLF in early 2014 and, if successful, the combined scheme would start in the summer of 2014 and run for 5 years until 2019. Orkney Islands Council would be contibuting £600,000 towards the combined scheme, bringing the entire fund to £3.425 million.

6 January 2014: Local planners advise that the shopfront to Victoria Street is now occupied by a lingerie shop.

1 March 2018: The property does not appear to be under marketing for sale at this time.