Gate Piers, Tigh-Na-Muirn, 4 Victoria Street, Monifieth, Dundee

Tigh-Na-Muirn is a large, two-storey villa dating from 1893, designed by John Murray Robertson and situated within spacious grounds. It is constructed of red ashlar stone and exhibits a distinctive U-plan layout, incorporating boldly curved turrets with ogee roofs. The building is set back from Victoria Street, enhancing the spaciousness of its setting.

The south elevation is symmetrical, featuring a central three-light French window at ground floor level. A veranda with balustrade and trellising sits between the canted windows that flank the central bay, and these outer bays are topped with armorial panels. The first floor has a large, centrally positioned, depressed-arched tripartite window, with flanking French windows—though their glazing has been altered—opening onto balconies. Corbelled angle bartizans rise to ogee roofs, each topped with wrought-iron finials. The eaves cornice is interrupted by a central attic tower, which has a four-light window and a rectangular plan, topped with an ogee roof and weathervane. A lean-to conservatory of timber and glass is located in the re-entrant angle of the west wing, which is set back from the main block.

The symmetrical west elevation showcases an advanced, ogee-roofed stair tower. The first floor of the tower has a dated armorial and a two-light window with strapwork aprons. An arched porch with an open strapwork parapet is set within the re-entrant angle to the right. To the left of the main block is a recessed, three-bay side; a two-bay billiard room is also set back, featuring a ground-floor conservatory (not original) that is similar in style to that on the south elevation.

The east elevation is relatively plain, with a stepped service wing extending northwards, and a U-plan court set to the rear.

The roof is piended and covered in green slate with lead caps and Art Nouveau wrought-iron finials. Six tall ashlar chimney stacks are present. The original sash and case windows have small panes over larger ones; the windows in the west tower feature leaded glass, while the balcony windows have been converted to casements.

The interior of the villa remains largely unaltered, featuring a mosaic vestibule, simple plasterwork, and dado panelling throughout. The living room has Adamesque plasterwork, which may be a later addition. Original chimney-pieces are present, constructed of stone in the dining room, while others have been removed from the library and billiard room. Dark wooden fittings are also original. The wooden stair balusters are modest, and a stained-glass window is of good quality. The service quarters remain as originally built.

A Motor House, constructed in 1909 by James MacLaren and Soutar, is a single-storey, rectangular building with brick walls and a green slate roof. It features two half-glazed, timber sliding doors and screens, a scallop pattern timber valance, and four segmental-arched, four-light windows on the west elevation. The interior is completely timber lined, with a partition wall and two roll partitions, alongside an inspection pit.

A Game Larder, approximately 20 metres southwest of the main house, is a small, single-storey building with a square plan. Its brick walls are clad in wired thatch, and it has a thatched pyramidal roof. It has a single door and lead vents in the south wall at ground level, with a louvred vent at roof apex.

A cast-iron lamp standard stands in the drive, featuring a moulded foliate column, a curvilinear bracket, and a reflector.

The property is enclosed by rubble walls with round coping, punctuated by circular pink ashlar gatepiers with egg and dart cornices to domed and ball finialled caps.