Elgin Sheriff Court, High Street, Elgin

A and W Reid, 1864-66, extended to rear in 1993. 2 storey, 5-bay, symmetrical classical court house on a corner site, with slightly advanced, 3-bay centre surmounted by panelled parapet. Channelled ashlar at ground floor with polished ashlar above. Squared and snecked rubble to rear with ashlar dressings. Base and band courses; mutuled eaves cornice. Vermiculated quoins at first floor. Recessed 2-leaf panelled timber entrance doors and approached by shallow flight of steps. First floor windows have blind balustrade and bracketed cornice. first floor of advanced centre is flanked by paired Ionic pilasters with the central window flanked by paired and engaged Ionic columns. Courtroom windows are round-arched with keystone. Glover Street (east) elevation with shorter 2-storey, 3-bay range to left of and slightly set back from 2-bay return of front block and further single storey, 4-bay range (2 bays added circa 1993 to create holding cell block).

4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Corniced wallhead stacks with octagonal cans. Piended platform slate roof.

The interior, seen in 2014, is arranged around a west facing ground floor courtroom. Courtroom 1 with panelled timber judge's bench, witness box, jury box, dock and well, as well as timber boarding to dado height. Bracketted canopy over bench with decorative pediment. Raked public seating. Hoodmouldings and stops with flower motif. Mutuled cornice with compartmented plaster ceiling with inset ceiling rose. Panelled timber doors set within architraves with panelled jambs flanked bench and leading to jury room and judge's chambers, both with deep combed cornice. Courtroom 2 (to east of plan) has replacement fixtures and fittings. Dog leg staircase to east of entrance with composite square and barley sugar balusters and timber handrail. Barrel vaulted and ribbed corridor running north to south. Some window shutters. Panelled timber doors.