The Elms, 8 Bridge Street, Montrose

The Elms is an earlier 19th century, two-storey house with a basement, featuring a rectangular plan and four bays, situated on a sloping site at the rear. The front is constructed from sandstone ashlar, while the rear is made of squared rubble, with ashlar dressings. Notable architectural details include a band course at the ground floor cill, above the ground floor, at the first floor cill, and at the eaves, as well as an eaves cornice and blocking course. The front also has painted, architraved margins and panelled aprons at the ground floor.

The principal elevation has a five-step flight leading to an oversailing basement, which is enclosed by a cast-iron balustrade. This leads to a broad doorpiece with a cornice located in the centre bay to the left, featuring a panelled door and a rectangular fanlight above. There is a window centred above the door at the first floor, with a bay to the left and two bays to the right, each containing windows on both the ground and first floors. The basement includes three round-arched windows and two doors, with the central door having a four-pane fanlight.

The north elevation is a blank gable end, while the south elevation has two ground floor windows, with the central window being lower, and one window at the first floor. The west elevation features a canted bay window at the basement and ground floors to the right, along with four windows at the first floor.

The windows throughout are timber sash and case, with 12 panes at the first floor, plate glass at the ground floor, and 8 and 12 panes on the sides. The roof is pitched and covered with grey slate, featuring a platform section and four brick gable end stacks with coped skews.

The boundary walls consist of rubble stone to the rear and a rubble boundary wall to the northeast. Decorative cast-iron railings are present at the front of the house.