45 Harrison Terrace, Elgin

The property comprises a post-war public housing scheme, specifically a linear terrace of 28 two-storey houses built between 1947 and 1949 for Elgin Town Council, designed by architect John Wright. The terrace is arranged symmetrically, consisting of nine separate blocks in pairs or groups of four, with a central block of eight houses. The blocks of four and eight have two or three gabled bays, respectively, and incorporate round arched entrances leading to the rear gardens. The exterior is harled, with some sections painted off-white and others oatmeal, accented by ashlar dressings in reconstituted stone that include window rybats, and base and eaves courses.

The main northwest-facing elevation of each house features two or three bays, with a bipartite window on the ground floor, divided by a stone mullion. Doorways are recessed behind round-headed arches supported on squat, engaged columns with scrolled capitals, imitating the arcaded 17th-century details found in Elgin. The gabled side elevations are blank. Rear elevations (southeast-facing) have three bays to the ground floor and two at first floor.

The roofs are steeply pitched and slate-covered, with straight skews and ridge or end chimneystacks. Most windows are uPVC or timber replacement sash and case windows, largely featuring 16-pane glazing at first floor and 12-pane at ground floor; however, a bow window has been inserted at number 5, and number 47 has metal casements. The doors are largely uPVC or timber replacements. Several dwellings have single-storey extensions to the rear.

Interior inspections of numbers 1, 7, 15, 17, 35, 45, and 53 revealed a standardized plan with a living room, kitchen, and bathroom on the ground floor, and three or four bedrooms on the first floor. While the general layout has been retained in most houses, the alcove and larder between the kitchen and former scullery has been removed in the majority, except for number 7. The internal decorative schemes generally date from the late 20th or early 21st centuries, though number 7 retains a simpler original scheme with vertically panelled timber doors and plain skirtings and architraves.

Boundary features include low-level walls fronting the main elevations, with simple pedestrian steel gates supported on squared piers. One set of vehicular steel gates remains, although a number of boundary walls have had openings enlarged and gates removed or replaced, while some have been entirely removed or replaced.