Girnigoe, 35 Moss Street, Elgin is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 August 1981. Cottage.

Girnigoe, 35 Moss Street, Elgin

WRENN ID
blind-marble-hazel
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
Cottage
OS grid reference
NJ 218 625
Coordinates
57.64582, -3.31147
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Girnigoe is a cottage located at 35 Moss Street in Elgin, built around 1830 in the style of William Robertson. It is a single-storey structure with an attic and features five bays, with the central three bays slightly recessed. The exterior is constructed of rubble with broached dressings, and it has a central pilastered doorpiece. The cottage has deep eaves and two canted dormers on the north and south sides, along with lying pane glazing. The roof is piended and covered with slate, and there are coped ridge stacks. Additionally, there is a low rubble garden wall surrounding the property.

Local climate

Girnigoe, 35 Moss 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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