73 High Street, Forres

79 High Street in Elgin is a building constructed between 1830 and 1840, possibly designed by William Robertson. It consists of three sections that have undergone significant alterations. The building has three storeys and five bays, featuring tooled rubble with tooled ashlar dressings.

The first-floor windows are large and originally had tripartite designs similar to those at No 73, but the windows at No 75 were altered around 1900, with raised cills and the addition of central stone mullions and new glazing. At No 79, the original timber mullions have been removed and replaced with plate glass. The shopfronts at Nos 73 and 75 are modern, while No 79 has an Edwardian shopfront with a fascia board and a segmental pediment above its first-floor windows. The building also features a moulded eaves cornice and a slated roof, with some original glazing patterns still visible on the upper floors.

There is a two-storey, five-bay return elevation facing North Street, which is harled with contrasting painted margins and has later plate glass glazing.