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Lesmurdie House, Pitcaveny Road, Elgin

A Category B Listed Building in Elgin, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6562 / 57°39'22"N

Longitude: -3.2988 / 3°17'55"W

OS Eastings: 322596

OS Northings: 863662

OS Grid: NJ225636

Mapcode National: GBR L86H.CLV

Mapcode Global: WH6J7.9TDK

Plus Code: 9C9RMP42+FF

Entry Name: Lesmurdie House, Pitcaveny Road, Elgin

Listing Name: Lesmurdie, 1-17 (Inclusive Nos) Lesmurdie House

Listing Date: 20 August 1981

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371954

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30822

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Elgin, Pitcaveny Road, Lesmurdie House

ID on this website: 200371954

Location: Elgin

County: Moray

Town: Elgin

Electoral Ward: Elgin City North

Traditional County: Morayshire

Tagged with: Country house

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Description

William Kidner, 1881-1885, incorporating earlier house of circa 1830; extended and subdivided by Willets Architects, 2000-2007. Extensive Scottish Baronial house; principally single storey on raised basement built round central 5 stage tower with angle stair turret. Mainly bullfaced rubble; battered basecourse; ashlar dressings. Off-centre doorway (E elevation) under segmental-headed, crenellated arch, with mullioned and transomed side windows and fanlights. Mullioned and transomed 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5-light windows, that to left of front door bowed. Raised square slated cupola with pyramidal roof and weathervane to light billiard room off-set behind entrance. Balconied loggia to S elevation fronting earlier house; crowstepped gables. Slate roof, corniced stacks.

INTERIOR: lugged and grained door cases and doors within; half panelling to drawing and dining rooms; drawing room has window directly above fire place.

Statement of Interest

Dated 1881. Small steading dated 1830. Lesmurdie originally property of Joseph King, then Gen. James Stewart (King) who opened up King Street, and both of whom owned Newmill. Present Lesmurdie House enlarged in 1881 by James Johnston of Newmill foundry and woollen mills and his wife Margaret whose monogram is on S and E fronts.

Extended and subdivided in 2000-2007 by Willets Architects, Elgin.

Statutory address updated from 'Lesmurdie House', 2011.

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