Anderson's Institution, 2 Institution Road, Elgin is a Grade A listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Institution, gatepiers. 5 related planning applications.
Anderson's Institution, 2 Institution Road, Elgin
- WRENN ID
- distant-dormer-elm
- 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
- Institution, gatepiers
- Address
- Anderson's Institution, 2 Institution Road, Elgin, IV30 1RP
- OS grid reference
- NJ 222 627
- Coordinates
- 57.64796, -3.30476
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Anderson's Institution, located at 2 Institution Road in Elgin, was designed by Archibald Simpson between 1830 and 1833 in the Greek Revival style. This large, two-storey building features an H-plan main range with a school to the south. The front (north) facade is made of polished ashlar, while the flanks are finished with finely tooled ashlar and polished ashlar dressings. The main elevation consists of 14 bays, with the outer three bays being advanced and topped with a pediment. The centre of the facade features an Ionic portico, which is distyle in antis and includes a frieze, cornice, and a block pediment that supports sculptured figures. Behind the pediment, there is a circular domed cupola set back on a square plinth, adorned with eight Corinthian pilasters between louvred openings.
The west elevation has seven bays, with the second and sixth bays being advanced and featuring a hexastyle Roman Doric portico in between. The building includes lying-pane glazing, corniced stacks, and a shallow piended slate roof.
Inside, there is a domed and pilastered entrance hall with a coffered ceiling, as well as a plain staircase. The property is also marked by a pair of single monolith panelled gatepiers, which have square copes with an egg and dart frieze, and cast-iron railings. The garden walls are constructed from coursed rubble with dressed copes.
Local climate
Anderson's Institution, 2 Institution Road, 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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