Murrayfield, Manse Street, Tain

Murrayfield is a villa located on Manse Street in Tain, built in 1886 and designed by A Maitland & Sons of Tain. It is one of the more ambitious and well-preserved examples of its type and date in this area. The building is two stories high with three bays, featuring an L-shaped plan that faces southwest. A distinctive decorative center porch made of timber frames with small leaded panes is a notable feature. The outer ground floor bay windows have stone slab roofs, while the upper windows are bipartite; the left-hand gable window is cusp-headed, and the right and center windows break the eaves and have stone-gableted dormer heads. The exterior is constructed of coursed, snecked cream-colored ashlar with dressed detailing, and it has plate-glass sash and case windows. The roofs are gabled and covered with slate, featuring stone skews, skewputts, and gable end chimney stacks.

There is a modern conservatory that is recessed on the right-hand gable. The rear wall has two full-height gables that project asymmetrically, with 2- and 4-paned glazing (including one UPVC window) and a later addition from the 1920s that serves as a scullery.

Inside, the villa retains original timber detailing, including shutters and moulded cornice plasterwork, as well as a staircase with cast-iron balusters. The house is set back from the roadway behind a boundary wall topped with spear-headed railings, which includes an original gate and an unusual wrought-iron overthrow that supports a lamp bracket.