Maryhill House (Health Board Office), High Street, Elgin is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 August 1981. House, garden walls, bridge.

Maryhill House (Health Board Office), High Street, Elgin

WRENN ID
quartered-chimney-nightshade
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 August 1981
Type
House, garden walls, bridge
OS grid reference
NJ 209 626
Coordinates
57.64703, -3.32637
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Maryhill House, originally an early 19th century residence, was significantly altered and expanded in 1866 by architects A and W Reid. This large building features a raised basement, two storeys, and an attic, with a three-bay front elevation. The exterior is constructed of ashlar stone with ornate polished ashlar dressings, while the raised basement is made of coursed rubble. The central bay is advanced and includes a further advanced porch, flanked by canted bay windows, with rectangular bay windows on the east and west sides. A string course connects the window cills on the first floor, which are topped with enriched segmental-headed pediments. Each bay window and the central bay are adorned with pierced stone balustrades that support ornate urns. There are two segmental-headed dormers on the east and west sides, along with two modern dormers on the front. The building is capped with a piended slate roof and features two groups of octagonal chimney stacks, each containing seven stacks arranged symmetrically.

At the rear, there are extensive modern additions that are not of interest. The property is enclosed by rubble garden walls topped with dressed stone copes. Additionally, there is a single span elliptical arched footbridge designed by Alexander Reid in 1866-67, featuring a pierced cast-stone balustrade and panelled end piers with stone finials.

Local climate

Maryhill House (Health Board Office), High Street, 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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