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

Soye House is a square-plan range of three distinct buildings located at 28, 30, and 32 Church Street in Portsoy. Number 32 is a rectangular dwelling from around 1700, featuring a gable end facing the street. Number 30 is an early 18th-century rectangular block that is positioned at right angles to number 32, forming an L-plan. Number 28, built around 1820, fills in the L-plan angle, creating a square building.

Number 32 is three storeys with an attic and has a long, regular four-bay north elevation. It is constructed of harled rubble with tooled ashlar margins and dressings, and boulder foundation stones are visible beneath the harl. The fenestration has chamfered margins, with some windows featuring long and short detailing. The street gable (west) has paired windows on the first and second floors, with a pair of diminutive round-headed windows in the attic. The building has crowstepped gables, which show signs of wear.

Number 30 is harled and has a raised basement with a rear entry. It features gable windows on the first and second floors, an apex stack, and flat skews.

Number 28 is two storeys with a dormerless attic and has three bays facing Church Street. The central bay connects the return gables of numbers 32 and 28, with a doorway providing access to number 32. The entrance to number 28 is located in the two-bay south elevation, which opens to a pend. This building is constructed of dark pinned squared rubble with contrasting tooled sandstone dressings and margins. It has a Venetian window with multi-pane glazing on the first floor of the south elevation and blocked attic lights, along with flat skews. All three buildings, numbers 28, 30, and 32, feature 12-pane timber sash and case glazing, renewed end stacks, and slate roofs with sandstone ridges.

The rear garden is enclosed by high rubble walls that are coped with rubble.