Description

Possibly John Paterson, Edinburgh, circa 1820. 3 storeys, 5
bays. Ashlar with rock-faced rustication at ground floor.
Central segmental arched pend flanked by original shopfronts,
each with centre door in round-arched recess; windows at
upper floors architraved; windows at 1st floor taller than
those at 2nd rusticated quoins; cornice and blocking course.
Coped end stacks; slated roof.
Close at rear roofed over with corrugated iron.
INTERIOR: Entrance in cobbled pend leads to cantilevered
stone staircase with cast-iron balusters with palmette
decoration. Front and side 1st floor rooms connected by L-
plan passage with small circular angle closet with curved
door. Reeded panelled dados throughout; beaded panelled
window shutters and doors; decorative plaster cornices. Some
alteration to rear rooms for shop. Former ground floor
kitchens and stables now stores.

Statement of Interest

Site purchased 1808 (possibly with earlier building) by John

Cumming, merchant and British Linen Bank agent in Forres.

Present building appears on Wood's map of Forres (1823) as BL

Bank.

John Paterson of Edinburgh practiced in Elgin 1784-89 and

there is evidence that he designed buildings in Moray after

that date (eg Edinkillie Manse 1823). He had a predeliction

for curved rooms; the rock-faced rustication of ground floor

exterior is common in Edinburgh but uncommon in Moray.

Former Item 41 (1983 Revised List)

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17826365

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