Convent Buildings, Convent Of Mercy, Abbey Street, Elgin is a Grade A listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Convent. 1 related planning application.

Convent Buildings, Convent Of Mercy, Abbey Street, Elgin

WRENN ID
seventh-rubble-meadow
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
Convent
Address
Convent Buildings, Convent Of Mercy, Abbey Street, Elgin, IV30 1DA
OS grid reference
NJ 219 627
Coordinates
57.64783, -3.30941
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Convent Buildings of the Convent of Mercy on Abbey Street in Elgin have a core dating back to the late 15th century, with restoration completed in 1896 by architect John Kinross. The structure features an H-plan range that adjoins the south wall of the church, which serves as the north wall of a small quadrangle, and a U-plan court to the south. The building is two storeys high with an attic, constructed from random rubble with ashlar dressings, and topped with a Caithness slate roof that has billet moulding on all chimneyheads and three swept dormers. Inside, there is a square cloister range that is partially glazed and abuts the chapel.

Local climate

Convent Buildings, Convent Of Mercy, Abbey 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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