Elm Bank, 2 Castle Lane, Banff

Elm Bank, located at 2 Castle Lane in Banff, is a house built around 1870. It is a two-storey building with an attic and features a symmetrical five-bay design, positioned at the rear of Castle Street. The structure is constructed of rubble with tooled red sandstone ashlar dressings and margins, and has a harled gable facing Old Castlegate and the rear.

The house has a wide central entrance that includes a panelled door with sidelights filled with coloured glazing. There is a single window on either side of the entrance at ground level. The first floor has a regular arrangement of five bays with slightly longer windows. The outer bays feature canted wallhead dormers. All windows, including those on the front and in the gables, are timber sash and case with 4-pane glazing.

At the rear, there is a doorway and an irregular arrangement of windows. This side includes a single canted wallhead dormer and one later gabled dormer, along with two later small single-storey lean-to additions. The house has a single coped end stack and a slate roof.