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South Villa, 41 Moss Street, Elgin

A Category A Listed Building in Elgin, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6451 / 57°38'42"N

Longitude: -3.3113 / 3°18'40"W

OS Eastings: 321822

OS Northings: 862442

OS Grid: NJ218624

Mapcode National: GBR L85J.5W3

Mapcode Global: WH6JF.33FJ

Plus Code: 9C9RJMWQ+2F

Entry Name: South Villa, 41 Moss Street, Elgin

Listing Name: 41 Moss Street, South Villa, Garden Walls and Ice House

Listing Date: 26 January 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371972

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30839

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Elgin, 41 Moss Street, South Villa

ID on this website: 200371972

Location: Elgin

County: Moray

Town: Elgin

Electoral Ward: Elgin City South

Traditional County: Morayshire

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Description

William Robertson, dated 1830. Ashlar to front, finely tooled
ashlar to canted bays and coursed rubble to flanks and to
2-storey, 1-bay wing to E: polished ashlar dressings.
2-storey, 3-bay villa with 2-storey canted bays projecting
on return elevations. Centre entrance fronted by
semi-circular portico with Greek-Doric columns. 2 flanking
windows with bracketted anthemion cornices, similarly
detailed 1st floor windows, pedimented at centre. Shallow
recessed wallface between windows and angle. 8-, 9- or
12-pane sashes; blind boxes; original cast-iron railings over
portico and canted bay balconies. Deep eaves, shallow
piended slate roof with paired centre chimneys.
Coursed and coped walls to Moss Street with 4 monolith
panelled gate piers and one pair ashlar end piers, each
having copes decorated with Greek key pattern border and
anthemion motif. Cast-iron gates.
Coped rubble garden walls.
Domestic ice-house in garden.

Statement of Interest

Built for Mrs Grant of Elchies.

Advertisement for tenders for "cottage to be built

adjoining the Rothes Road" by William Roberton Architect, almost certainly refers to South Villa, William Robertson had extended

Western Elchies in 1828 besides other commissions for the

Grants of Elchies.

Former Item 155 (1981 Revised Lists).

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