Arch And Bellcote, Moray College Of Further Education, Moray Street, Elgin is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 August 1981. Educational institution. 1 related planning application.

Arch And Bellcote, Moray College Of Further Education, Moray Street, Elgin

WRENN ID
north-forge-hazel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 August 1981
Type
Educational institution
Address
Arch And Bellcote, Moray College Of Further Education, Moray Street, Elgin, IV30 1JJ
OS grid reference
NJ 215 625
Coordinates
57.64557, -3.31658
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Arch and Bellcote at Moray College of Further Education, located on Moray Street in Elgin, was designed by A and W Reid and built between 1885 and 1886. This classical single-storey building features five wide bays, with the outer bays slightly advanced and the central sections further advanced. Each bay is adorned with three tall narrow windows. The base course is constructed of coursed rubble, while the upper sections are made of ashlar, with channelled pilaster strips at the corners. The building has a tetrastyle portico and a shallow piended slate roof. The flanks consist of three bays, with the central bay advanced and featuring three-light windows. An arch with a bellcote is located at the eastern gable. At the rear, the building is connected to modern extensions by a covered walkway.

Local climate

Arch And Bellcote, Moray College Of Further Education, Moray Street, Elgin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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