109, 111 High Street, Forres

Possibly John Paterson, Edinburgh, circa 1820. 3 storeys, 5

bays. Ashlar with rock-faced rustication at ground floor.

Central segmental arched pend flanked by original shopfronts,

each with centre door in round-arched recess; windows at

upper floors architraved; windows at 1st floor taller than

those at 2nd rusticated quoins; cornice and blocking course.

Coped end stacks; slated roof.

Close at rear roofed over with corrugated iron.

INTERIOR: Entrance in cobbled pend leads to cantilevered

stone staircase with cast-iron balusters with palmette

decoration. Front and side 1st floor rooms connected by L-

plan passage with small circular angle closet with curved

door. Reeded panelled dados throughout; beaded panelled

window shutters and doors; decorative plaster cornices. Some

alteration to rear rooms for shop. Former ground floor

kitchens and stables now stores.