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50-52 High Street, Elgin

A Category A Listed Building in Elgin, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6489 / 57°38'55"N

Longitude: -3.3131 / 3°18'47"W

OS Eastings: 321723

OS Northings: 862862

OS Grid: NJ217628

Mapcode National: GBR L85H.YWD

Mapcode Global: WH6JF.20LN

Plus Code: 9C9RJMXP+GQ

Entry Name: 50-52 High Street, Elgin

Listing Name: 50-52 High Street

Listing Date: 20 August 1981

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371901

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30780

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200371901

Location: Elgin

County: Moray

Town: Elgin

Electoral Ward: Elgin City North

Traditional County: Morayshire

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Description

Dated 1694; 3-storey and attic, 3-bay merchant's house
with arcaded ground floor; harled rubble, stone
margins. 4 round-headed arches in ground floor (one
leading to pend) resting on squat pillars with square
moulded capitals. 1st and 2nd floor windows slightly
enlarged in early 19th century, with tooled margins;
attic window E gable with original roll moulding; 2 swept
dormers in stone slab roof; 3 smiliar dormers of varying
size to rear; crowsteps; moulded copes to gables chimneys.
Contemporary 3-storey irregular 2-bay gabled and crowstepped
wing to rear with 2 chamfered foorways, one
probably giving on to scale and plat stair. No remaining
original internal features except portions of stair.
Further 2-storey, 3-bay building of 17/18th century date
giving onto close; rubble with chamfered mouldings to door
and windows. Large later 19th century warehouse of 2
storeys, 6 bays. Rubble, stugged and tooled dressings.
Single storey 3-bay side elevation of 48 High Street flanks
close.

Statement of Interest

Dated on skewputts, in initials AO and IH for Andrew

Ogilvie, merchant, and Janet Hay his wife. Cobbled and

paved pend and close with stone runnels.

Former Item 95 (1981 Revised List).

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