Moatbrae, 61 George Street, Dumfries

Moatbrae, located at 61 George Street in Dumfries, is a Greek Revival villa designed by Walter Newall in 1823. This two-storey building features a basement and attic, with five bays and a prominent central porch topped with a pediment. The exterior is crafted from polished red sandstone ashlar, with a tooled finish at the basement level. It has a raised banded base and band courses, along with a deep cornice and a stepped blocking course above. The windows on the ground and first floors have moulded surrounds that integrate with the band courses, featuring blind aprons and consoled cornices over the ground floor windows. The central porch is adorned with fluted Doric columns, a moulded entablature, and a dentilled cornice. The entrance platform oversails the basement recess, leading to a central doorway flanked by Doric pilasters and topped with a rectangular fanlight.

The north (rear) elevation is two storeys high with a narrow attic storey and comprises three bays, with a lower later brick addition on the right. The rear is constructed of coursed squared sandstone and features regular fenestration, including a canted bay window on the left at the ground floor. The windows predominantly consist of 12-pane timber sash and case glazing, with two-light casement windows in the attic at the rear. The roof is covered with grey slates and has corniced sandstone gable head stacks with some clay cans. Cast iron rainwater goods are present, along with cast iron spearheaded railings that edge the basement recess to the street.

Inside, the villa boasts a well-detailed Greek Revival interior, highlighted by a prominent double-height domed central hall. The rectangular plan includes the central hall with principal accommodation on the ground floor. A rotunda on the first floor provides access to the main rooms and the attic stair. Fine cornicing and plasterwork are retained in the principal rooms, although some alterations have been made with later stud partitions. A continuous arcade of round timber arches leads to the central drum on the first floor, and there is a dentilled cornice in the domed cupola. Throughout the villa, six-panel timber doors and shutters have been preserved.