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Elgin, 11 Trinity Place, North View Rectory

Rectory (Post Medieval), Surgery (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Elgin, 11 Trinity Place, North View Rectory

Classification Rectory (Post Medieval), Surgery (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) North Lane; Surgery

Canmore ID 267594

Site Number NJ26SW 559

NGR NJ 21484 62969

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Elgin
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Morayshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ26SW 559:00 NJ 21484 62969

North View House was demolished along with the adjacent swimming pools (1930 and 1960s) to make way for a new supermarket. SUAT Ltd were commissioned to undertake a standing building recording of North View before its demolition. Only the exterior could be recorded as it was deemed unsafe to enter the building.

The north elevation was of two-storeys with twin bays. There were gently arching lintels above the first floor sash-and-case windows and doorway. The doorway was central within the facade and was framed by two narrow windows at ground floor height. The walling is of squared rubble with tooled rybats with raised margins and with ashlar bays and other details. The gables have ashlar copes and scrolled skewputts.

The east elevation features a centrally-placed window at first floor level, above a brick and concrete block lean-to, with a corrugated fibre and clear plastic roof. Immediatelly S of the lean-to is a doorway, constructed of ashlar and with a curved lintel, similar to those on the N elevation. Alongside the door was an outbuilding, the gable end of which extended out by around 5m from the E elevation of the main house. This outbuilding had similar squared sandstone rubble walls with ashlar surrounds. The roof was slated. A window had recently been added to the N wall and the E gable featured an upper and lower window. To the S is a stone-blocked doorway.

The south gable of the main building contained one first storey window, which was diagonally mirrored by one which appeared to have been added later, at ground floor level. There was a later two-storey addition, which appeared to have been a fairly early addition. Its roofline ran E-W as apposed to the main part of the house, which ran N-S, and was tied in to the central portion of the main house. It was coped with smooth, plain stone. The outhouse was attached to this southern addition.

The west elevation's walls were constructed in the same roughly dressed sandstone, with six sash-and-case windows positioned regularly in two sets of three across the width of the elevation. The margins of the windows were tooled and raised. A modern doorway had recently been inserted between the middle and south windows, using re-sed stone and pointed with cement. The roof had recently been renewed at this point, with box-section, galvanised sheeting.

The stables of the house were constructed of roughly squared sandstone blocks, similar to the main house. It had a slate roof, and was aligned N-S. A single sliding doorway was located near the centre of the west elevation. Above the lintel of this doorway was a small rectangular opening with three small doocot flight entries formed in a timber frontage. The north gable had a single sash-and-case window, while the south elevation featured a raised doorway giving access to the first floor, and two blocked windows at ground level (which had timber lintels). To the west of the building was a probable courtyard, shown by an area of mixed cobble and flagstone.

During the watching brief, after the house and stable had been demolished, an excavation revealed a stone drain running from the site of the stables. It was composed of sandstone blocks which formed a box-section. A (presumably) later ceramic drainage pipe was found in the same area.

J Dowling (information from report by D Hind and R Cachart 2006)

Architecture Notes

NJ26SW 559 21484 62969

NJ26SW 559.01 21509 62975 Gighouse

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