Soye House, 28, 30, 32 Church Street, Portsoy

Soye House: square-plan, 2 and 3-storey range of 3 distinct buildings. No 32, circa 1700 rectangular dwelling with gable end to street; no 30, early 18th century rectangular block at right angles to no 32 forming L-plan; no 28, circa 1820, infill of L-plan angle creating square

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NO 32: 3 storey and attic, gable end to street, long regular 4-bay N elevation. Harled rubble with tooled ashlar margins and dressings, boulder foundation stones evident beneath harl. Chamfered margined fenestration with some long and short detailing. Regular paired windows in 1st and 2nd floors of street gable (W) with pair diminutive round-headed to attic. Crowstepped gables with worn-down crowsteps.

NO 30: harled with raised basement: rear entry; 1st and 2nd floor gable windows; apex stack; flat skews.

NO 28: 2 storey and dormerless attic with 3 bays to Church Street, centre bay linking return gables of nos 32 and 28 with doorway providing entry to no 32. Entrance to no 28 in 2-bay S elevation opening to pend. Dark pinned squared rubble with contrasting tooled sandstone dressings and margins. Venetion window with multi-pane glazing lights 1st floor S elevation. Blocked attic lights; flat skews. 12-pane timber sash and case glazing throughout nos 28, 30 and 32; renewed end stacks; slate roofs with sandstone ridges.

REAR GARDEN WALLS: high rubble wall, rubble coped, encloses rear garden.