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Strandgaten has many well-preserved houses built shortly after the city fire in 1843, many of which are built in late Empire style.
In his article "Provincial culture" in the National Trust of Norway's annual report for 1920, Harry Fett, the then National Historian, refers to this street as Empiregaten. "Thorsenhuset", Strandgaten 43, is one of the houses that undoubtedly supports this name.
"Egersund's empire gate could still be rebuilt."
National Heritage Officer Harry Fett had high hopes for Strandgaten in 1920.
The house was built in 1846 by dyer and merchant Lars Thorsen. In the basement there was a dye house. In addition to the farmhouse, there was an outbuilding furnished with a cowshed and barn. In 1897, an attic building was added to the rear, and the upper floor was converted to residential use. Today, the building has the same exterior design as in the 1890s. It has clear features from Renaissance masonry and plaster architecture, as well as elements of antique detailing. Characteristic features include the tilt at the end of the roof and the classicist entrance area with columns. Strandgaten 43 is now a listed building.
