1 North College Street, Elgin is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 August 1981. Dwelling/offices. 1 related planning application.
1 North College Street, Elgin
- WRENN ID
- burning-hinge-gilt
- 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
- Dwelling/offices
- Address
- 1 North College Street, Elgin, IV30 1EP
- OS grid reference
- NJ 219 628
- Coordinates
- 57.64891, -3.30973
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
1 North College Street in Elgin is a mid to late 19th century, two-storey and attic building that features five bays, along with an additional recessed bay facing North College Street. The entrance is located in the re-entrant angle of the structure. The building is constructed of finely tooled ashlar stone, with polished ashlar dressings and a rusticated plinth.
On the ground floor, there are round-headed pilastered windows that have advanced keystones and panelled aprons. The first floor showcases tall corniced windows with lugged architraves that open onto a shallow stone balcony adorned with decorative cast-iron railings. The south gable features a canted oriel window on the first floor, which overlooks South College Street. Additional architectural details include a bracketed cornice, a parapet, three piended dormers, crowstepped gables, and a slate roof.
Local climate
1 North College 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 — 1 application
- 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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