Burgie House

Burgie House is a substantial two-storey and attic house built in 1802, with later additions and alterations that mainly retain the original floor plan while heightening the structure. Charles Doig from Elgin made modifications in 1903, followed by further additions and remodelling by W H Woodroffe from London between 1912 and 1914. Minor alterations were carried out by A J Morrison from Elgin in 1946.

The house features a regular wide seven-bay south front, with three central bays linked to advanced outer bays by narrow bays. The facade is made of squared cherry-pointed tooled ashlar, with tooled rubble on the flanks and rear, and contrasting polished ashlar dressings. The central entrance is approached by a flight of steps that oversails the raised basement, and it is masked by a substantial porch added after 1914, which is modeled on the tetrastyle portico from 1802. This porch has bowed mullioned and transomed side windows, along with a glazed frontage featuring coloured glass depicting Lictors' staves.

Flanking the entrance are tripartite windows with carved detailing similar to that of the porch, and there are three bipartite windows on the first floor. The ground floor of both advanced outer bays features Venetian windows from 1912-14, with tripartite windows above on the first floor, all with multi-pane glazing. A substantial corniced blocking course runs across the outer bays and returns along the east and west side elevations, adorned with quatrefoil detailing. The house has tall corniced ridge and wallhead stacks, also with quatrefoil detailing on the copes, and piended slate roofs that are steeply pitched in the center.

The wide rear elevation has irregular advanced outer bays, with four piended dormers and one box dormer.

Inside, some original 1802 features remain, including beaded panelled dados, window shutters, and doors. The entrance hall contains a white painted carved chimneypiece from 1802, with a mantel-shelf supported by slender columns featuring Corinthian capitals. The present dining room has a carved white marble chimneypiece with a central swag. The drawing and dining rooms feature 1802 plaster ceiling friezes, while the entrance hall has a frieze from 1912. The staircase, added in 1903, is fronted by an arcaded screen supported by fluted Ionic columns.