Dochgarroch House

Dochgarroch House is a two-storey house likely built in 1839, probably by William Robertson of Elgin, although it incorporates an earlier core. The house faces south and has an irregular three-bay front. It is harled with contrasting painted, tooled, and polished ashlar margins and dressings. The eastern side features a shallow projection, while the central doorway is masked by a circa 1839 single-storey, pedimented porch with glazed side panels and narrow sidelights. The pilasters of the porch have small pediment detailing and anthemions, with a similarly detailed window in the eastern return gable. A further, similar pediment adorns the outer first-floor windows. A ground floor window on the west side has been enlarged into a bipartite window. A later, single-storey, asymmetrical wing is set back on the west side, incorporating some similar detailing. The first-floor windows on the front have lying-pane glazing, while other windows have varied glazing. The house has coped end and ridge stacks, shallow slate roofs with deeply overhanging, bracketted eaves, and a cornice that returns to suggest an open pediment. It is finished with cast-iron anthemion finials. References to William Robertson's work, including Dochgarroch House, can be found in Elizabeth Beaton’s 1984 publication, WILLIAM ROBERTSON, ARCHITECT IN ELGIN, 1786-41, on pages 24 and 27.