117 High Street, Montrose

117 High Street, Montrose, is an earlier and mid-19th century building of asymmetrical plan and elevation, incorporating various structures. It is reached via Queen's Close and is constructed of squared and snecked sandstone, with part stugged, plain margins.

The Queen's Close elevations (between pends) include a north elevation that is 2-storey and 2-bay, with doors to left and right at ground level and a window centred above. A 1st floor cill band course runs across, with a 2nd pend to the east containing a door within. A 3-storey wing to the left has 3 bays, a door to the centre with a 3-pane rectangular fanlight, and a small window to the right at ground level, with a canted dormer above. The south elevation is 3-storey with 6 bays arranged in groups of 2-1-2-1. Chamfered margins and battered cills feature at ground level, with a round-arched entrance to the left and a deep corniced entrance with double doors to the right. A 2nd pend to the right is a single bay, 2 storeys facing west, with a canted dormer above and to the extreme right.

The east elevation is asymmetrical, with 2 bays to the right of the pend at 1st and 2nd floors and a canted dormer above. A door sits at ground level with a 1-bay projection at ground, abutting a single-storey block extending east. A gable end to the left of the pend abuts a 2-storey block extending east, with a large external brick stack rising to the gablehead. A 1-bay wing to the left has a canted dormer above.

The south elevation is asymmetrical, with an advanced 2-bay gable end to the right, rubble stone and blank at ground level, and a 2-bay gable end to the immediate left. A single-storey wing abutting Mooran House extends south, and a 2-storey, 4-bay wing to the left forms a courtyard with Mooran House.

The north elevation is a blank gable end adjoining 107 High Street.

The building features varied timber sash and case and replacement windows. The roof is grey slate with stone coped skews and skewputts to the south and east gables. Gablehead stacks are ashlar to the south, double brick to the east, and brick to the north.

Queen's Close to the east contains a terrace of 3 buildings on the south side, dating to the early to mid-19th century. The westernmost building is 2-storey and 3-bay, with a rendered north elevation, band course below 1st floor, and a central door window above. Flanking bays are symmetrical. The rear (south) elevation is harled with a central projecting stairtower and flanking bays with timber mullioned bipartites at 1st floor, a bipartite dormer to the left, and a modern skylight to the right. Timber sash and case windows are present throughout, and the roof is grey slate.

The central block is 2-storey and 5-bay, constructed of squared and snecked sandstone with a central entrance window above and symmetrical flanking bays. A further door sits to the extreme right, with a 4-bay rear elevation. Timber sash and case windows and grey slate roof with stone skews complete this block.

The third block to the east is 2-storey and 5-bay, built of rubble stone and asymmetrical in layout. It has double doors to the left, two entrances to the centre, and a window and door to the right. Four windows sit at 1st floor. The rear elevation contains 1 window to the left at ground level and 5 windows at 1st floor. Shuttered windows front the building, while timber sash and case windows are to the rear. The roof is corrugated with stone skews to the east.

The north side of the close contains 2 adjoining buildings forming the north side, dating to the early and mid-19th century. The westernmost building is single-storey and 3-bay, with a door to the centre and flanking windows. The roof is grey slate, piended to the left. The second block to the east is 2-storey and 9-bay, asymmetrical in layout, with 5 windows to the left at 1st floor, 2 doors to the centre with windows above, and 3 bays to the right with windows at ground and 1st floor. The east elevation is a gable end with double carriage doors and a large window above. The north elevation is blank and harled. Windows throughout are varied and altered, with a large skylight in the north pitch. The roof is grey slate with stone skews and skewputts, and a gablehead stack to the east.

The interior was not seen at the time of the 1997 survey.