Kinnore, 2 King Street, Elgin is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. House. 3 related planning applications.
Kinnore, 2 King Street, Elgin
- WRENN ID
- lone-moat-solstice
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kinnore, 2 King Street, Elgin, IV30 1EU
- OS grid reference
- NJ 221 629
- Coordinates
- 57.64987, -3.30595
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kinnore, located at 2 King Street in Elgin, is a substantial house built around 1820 in the style of William Robertson. The building features two storeys above a raised basement and has a three-bay façade with a central door that is accessed by a flight of steps. The exterior is constructed of rubble with finely tooled margins and a bandcourse, and it includes long and short quoins. The windows have three-pane glazing in the upper sash and two-pane glazing in the lower sash. The roof is shallow and piended, topped with paired, panelled, and corniced chimney stacks at the centre.
To the east gable, there is a two-bay extension, which also has a piended roof. Additionally, there is a rubble gighouse and stable that have been converted for garage use. The property is enclosed by high rubble garden walls.
Local climate
Kinnore, 2 King 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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