Milton Brodie House

S facade of 1835-40 in style of William Robertson of

Elgin, fronting and infilling early-mid 18th century

2-storey and attic U-plan courtyard house of 2 or more

builds. Frontage rendered and lined as ashlar, harled or

harl pointed flanks and rear, tooled and polished ashlar

dressings and margins.

Mainly single storey 7-bay S front screens earlier rear

with centre door with narrow side lights; tetrastyle

Ionic porch with monolith columns; long paired flanking

windows (lighting drawing room left and dining room

right); outer bays (formerly gable ends of flanking

wings of earlier house) with slightly advanced 2-storey

pedimented window sections rising above wallhead with

anthemion acroteria, supported by ornate scroll

brackets; shallow aprons to corniced ground floor

windows in moulded lugged surrounds; paired stacks

crown pediments. End bays linked by continuous cornice

and blocking course.

W elevation comprises 2 x 2-storey and attic, 3-bay

blocks, that to SW dating from late 18th century (with

centre door) and at NW dated 1900, both blocks linked

by set-back W gable of original 2-storey and attic

house, forming small U-plan court.

Irregular rear with projecting gabled stairwell.

Lying-pane glazing in S front (partially blind windows

in outer bays); 12-pane glazing elsewhere. Paired square

ashlar end and ridge stacks in front, various coped end

stacks elsewhere; early 18th century cavetto skewputts

on earliest portion of house; slate roofs.

INTERIOR: wide entrance hall with drawing room left and

dining room right (all 1835-40).

DRAWING ROOM: tall double doors with corniced overdoor;

carved wooden chimneypiece with marble slips; decorative

plaster ceiling cornice with anthemion design.

DINING ROOM: similar paired doors as drawing room; Ionic

columned screen; simple ceiling cornice; white painted

chimneypiece with marble slips.

18th century fielded panelled doors and window shutters

survive in older part of house which has low ceilinged

rooms.

GATEPIERS: 2 pairs of mid 18th century gatepiers,

flanking E and S entrances. Square, polished ashlar with

shaped caps and ball finials on attenuated bases.