Thunderton House, Thunderton Place, High Street, Elgin is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. House. 4 related planning applications.
Thunderton House, Thunderton Place, High Street, Elgin
- WRENN ID
- strange-vault-flax
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thunderton House, Thunderton Place, High Street, Elgin, IV30 1BG
- OS grid reference
- NJ 214 627
- Coordinates
- 57.64819, -3.31713
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Thunderton House, located at Thunderton Place on High Street in Elgin, dates from the early to mid-17th century, likely incorporating earlier work. The building was remodeled and reduced in size to its current L-plan configuration in 1822. It features a rubble construction with ashlar dressings and a slate roof.
The 17th-century elements are primarily visible on the south elevation, which includes four pedimented dormers adorned with monograms for Duffus, Dunbar, Innes, and Mackenzie. The north gable displays grouped rectangular and diagonally set stacks. Additional carved dormer heads are found on the courtyard elevations, which are mainly from the 1822 renovation, including a Tuscan porch in the re-entrant.
There is also a low two-storey range with a garage and rooms above, added to the north gable of Thunderton House, constructed of rubble with a slate roof. A low courtyard wall features a pair of heraldic beasts (horses), with a similar pair now incorporated into the walling of the close at 23-25 High Street, Elgin.
Local climate
Thunderton House, Thunderton Place, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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