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Maryhill House (Health Board Office), High Street, Elgin

A Category B Listed Building in Elgin, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6471 / 57°38'49"N

Longitude: -3.3264 / 3°19'34"W

OS Eastings: 320929

OS Northings: 862677

OS Grid: NJ209626

Mapcode National: GBR L84H.YTN

Mapcode Global: WH6JD.W260

Plus Code: 9C9RJMWF+RF

Entry Name: Maryhill House (Health Board Office), High Street, Elgin

Listing Name: High Street, Maryhill House, Garden Walls and Bridge Linking Gardens and Spanning the Ladies Walk, Oldmills Road

Listing Date: 20 August 1981

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371898

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30777

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Elgin, High Street, Maryhill House (health Board Office)

ID on this website: 200371898

Location: Elgin

County: Moray

Town: Elgin

Electoral Ward: Elgin City South

Traditional County: Morayshire

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Description

A and W Reid, 1866; extensive alterations and additions
to early 19th century house. Large house of raised
basement, 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays to S (front)
elevation. Ashlar with ornate polished ashlar dressings;
coursed rubble to raised basement. Advanced centre bay
with further advanced porch; flanking canted bay
windows, with rectangular bay windows to E and W
elevations. String course linking 1st floor window cills;
enriched segmental-headed pediments to 1st floor
windows; pierced stone balustrades carrying ornate urns to
all bays windows and to centre bay. 2 segmental-headed
dormers, E and W. 2 modern dormers to front; 2 batteries of
octagonal chimney stacks, symmetrically arranged with 7
to each group. Piended slate roof.
Extensive modern additions to rear of no interest.
Rubble garden walls with dressed stone copes.
Alexander Reid 1866-67; single span elliptical arched foot
bridge with pierced cast-stone balustrade; panelled end
piers with stone finials.

Statement of Interest

Appears on Wood's Town Map of 1822 as belonging to Wm Young

Esq (who purchased the property in 1817).

Former Item 92 (1981 Revised List).

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