Description

Probably Alexander Reid, A & W Reid, Elgin, circa 1850. Single storey and attic, wide 2-bay E facing former school. Harl pointed rubble, tooled granite ashlar dressings with wide chamfers to margins. Entrance in slightly lower, single bay gable wing at N gable, constructed to accommodate later internal staircase; additional rear entrance. 2 windows in E front and 2 gabletted wallhead dormers, the gablets decorated with diminutive ball finials. Stone forestair clasps SE angle, leading to 1st floor entrance (now blocked as window). 9- and 12-pane glazing (circa 1990) in all front windows; stair hall extension lit with re-used circa 1830 decorative glazed rectangular fanlight. Granite bellcote at S gable apex with weathervane and bell; ball finial at N gable apex; crowsteps. Centre ridge chimney stack

with deep moulded cope; stone ridge; slate roof.

Statement of Interest

The re-used fanlight in N Gable is similar to that over the main doorway of Eden House, 1828.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56617663

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy