Building record MAB6769 - GRANT LODGE, NORTH COLLEGE STREET, ELGIN
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Summary
Lodge, built in 1766-67 by Robert Adam.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 30851
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 2192 6304 (40m by 43m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ26SW |
| Authority | Moray |
| Civil Parish | Elgin Urban |
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
Lodge, built in 1766-67 by Robert Adam. It has a 1790-1 addition to the rear, creating an L-plan building, and later alterations in the form of canted bay windows and a porte-cochere added in the early-mid 19th century by Louise, Countess of Seafield. It was acquired by Sir George Cooper, who donated it to The City of Elgin in 1903. It is a two-storeys and attic building, with three wide bays, and a later two-storey wing to rear with a raised basement. It has a harled exterior, with polished ashlar margins and dressings. There is an advanced ashlar balustraded central bay, with channelled clasping angle pilaster strips, and an entrance fronted by an early-mid 19th century tetrastyle porte-cochere. There are flanking canted bay windows with balustraded parapets to the ground floor. The first floor windows are in architraves, with a canted bay to the West elevation and canted oriel in the wing. There is a deep eaves band, cornice and blocking course, and there are ridge stacks to the piended slate roof. It was part of the Moray Libraries as a Heritage Centre until it was badly damaged by a fire in 2003, and is currently unused. It was surveyed by RGU architecture and survey students in 2007. An associated ice house is shown on the 1st edition OS map, circa 60 metres (197 feet) to the West of the lodge, which is now said to be concealed beneath a raised flower bed (recorded by W. A. Bartlam in 2007).
Period Notes
Built in 1766-7, addition in 1790-1. Policies donated to Elgin by Sir George Cooper in 1904. Damaged in arson attack in 2004. Listed designation given on 20/08/1981.
WRIGHT, A P K, 2006, GRANT LODGE, ELGIN: CONSERVATION STATEMENT, Conservation rep (Bibliographic reference). SAB2128.
BARTLAM, W. A., 2007, SOME ICE HOUSES IN MORAY, P.22 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3716.
Author unknown, n.d., INSIDE MORAY, 17/10/14 (Bibliographic reference). SAB873.
Author unknown, n.d., THE NORTHERN SCOT, 22/08/14 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1270.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: MOR;
- HES Listed Building Number: 30851;
- NMR Card Number: NJ26SW239;
- NRHE Numlink: 193972;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ26SW0201;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB30851 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/193972 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SAB1270 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. n.d.. THE NORTHERN SCOT. 22/08/14.
- --- SAB2128 Bibliographic reference: WRIGHT, A P K. 2006. GRANT LODGE, ELGIN: CONSERVATION STATEMENT. Conservation rep.
- --- SAB3716 Bibliographic reference: BARTLAM, W. A.. 2007. SOME ICE HOUSES IN MORAY. P.22.
- --- SAB873 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. n.d.. INSIDE MORAY. 17/10/14.
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Record last edited
Jun 30 2025 12:46PM
