Avenue House, 1-3 Duff Avenue, Elgin

R B Pratt, 1907-8 enlarging and remodelling earlier

house. Dated 1908. Substantial asymmetrical 2-storey

and attic gabled range on corner site. Rubble, tooled and

polished ashlar dressings. Entrance to No 1 in centre

of bowed angle flanked by small windows with Art

Nouveau coloured glazing; double leaf panelled doors,

3 1st floor windows above under wallhead balustrade and

facetted stumpy spire.

Flanking gabled bays to Institution Road and Duff Avenue,

the building extending 7 bays to Duff Avenue as No 3.

Slightly advanced porch with segmental-headed keystoned

entrance and double leaf panelled doors, porch surmounted

by balustrade. Extreme left (S) gabled bay fronted by

projecting canted window. Mainly bipartites and triparties;

all windows with 6-pane upper sashes and single pane lower.

Coped and string coursed and gable wallhead stacks; slate

roofs (Cumbrian green slates to spire); lead apex

finials.

Secondary entrance to No 1 in Institution Road.