Description

Circa 1780. 3-storey, 5-bay E facing house. Harled, harl

pointed S gable, contrasting painted ashlar margins. Centre

projecting circular drumtower rises full height with conical

slated roof and with doorway in re-entrant angle, centre 1st

and 2nd floor windows. Regular fenestration to frontage with

taller 1st floor and low 2nd floor windows; mainly 12-pane

sashes with some pointed head detailing to astragals in

ground floor.

Rear centre bay gabled at wallhead with apex stack and irregular fenestration, some blind.

Coped end, wallhead and ridge stacks; slate roof.

Later 18th century low 2-storey, 3-bay wing abuts NW angle, fronting street and forming L-plan at rear, coped ridge stack.

INTERIOR: stone wheel staircase in drumtower; fielded panelled doors and window shutters.

Statement of Interest

Feu said to date from 1780, the property of Lady Gordon of Gordonstoun. February, 1784 feuing plan of Lossiemouth shows house and wing but another plan executed later in that year indicates buildings completing square court to rear of house. Of this, a piece of walling and the present commercial garage which closes the garden at W, survive. Mural cupboard (? former window) in E gable of present wing suggests that this part of the building might be earlier than the main house. Within the area that comprised the former south wing of the house there has recently (1995) been found a substantial well shaft now capped with four large stone slabs and cast-iron pump head.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827428

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)