Tankerness, Old St Andrew's Manse
Manse (18th Century)
Site Name Tankerness, Old St Andrew's Manse
Classification Manse (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Deerrness, Old Manse; Glebe; North Church, Manse
Canmore ID 3016
Site Number HY50NW 54
NGR HY 51590 08733
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3016
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY50NW 54.00 51590 08733
HY50NW 54.01 51590 08753 Ancilliary Building
Not to be confused with Old Deerness Manse (HY c. 588 063), for which see HY50NE 54.
2-storey and attic, 3-bay rectangular-plan, near-classical crowstep-gabled former manse with slightly advanced central bay. Single storey cottage abutting W gable to form L-plan. Harl-pointed roughly coursed rubble with concrete margins to openings. Single storey outbuilding to N.S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: square-plan piended-roofed entrance porch with window (blocked) at ground in bay to centre; doorway in right return; window at each floor above; gablehead stack above. Window at ground in bay to right; tripartite window at 1st floor above. Window at ground in bay to left; window at 1st floor above. N (REAR) ELEVATION: doorway at ground din bay to centre; tall stair window above. Window at ground in bay to left. Large, square-headed opening at ground in bay to right; piended-roofed attic doorway, breaking eaves above.E (SIDE) ELEVATION: doorway (blocked) at ground in bay to left. Window at 1st floor in bay to right; attic window to right of gablehead above.Windows blocked or boarded. Graded stone tiled roof; stone ridge; remnants of cast-iron rainwater goods. INTERIOR: shell remains with evidence of floor divisions; timber tie beams at ceiling; fireplaces extant at each floor in E and W walls; evidence of low segmental-arched fireplace at ground to N wall.COTTAGE FORMING W RANGE: 4-bay crowstep-gabled cottage, grouped 2-2 with lower 2-bay addition to left (N). W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: rectangular-plan flat-roofed glazed entrance porch/sun room spanning bay to centre; boarded door to right return. Window in bay to outer right. Small window in bay to left. Window in bay to outer left. E (REAR) ELEVATION: evenly disposed window in each of 2 bays.ANCILLARY BUILDING: single storey, 7-bay store sited to N of house. S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: large, boarded sliding door in bay to centre. deep-set boarded door with window in each bay flanking in each 3-bay group flanking. Stone tiled roof; stone ridge; coped skews.BOUNDARY WALL: coursed rubble wall with rubble cope to S of house, bordering road; small, square-plan, flat-roofed store with boarded door incorporated into wall.
Formerly an impressive manse to the North Church, around 1km to the SW. Superseded by a new manse sited close to S. (Historic Scotland)
