Braco's Banking House
Braco's Banking House is a residential and commercial building in the small Scottish town of Elgin in the Moray Council Area . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The building was originally built for John Duncan and Margaret Innes , whose initials are immortalized on a plaque showing the year of construction in 1694. Between 1703 and 1722, the banker and merchant William Duff of Dipple and Braco , father of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife , ran a bank in the building, as the name of the building still shows today. Today there is a shop and a residential unit there. The building was restored around 1976.
description
The three-story building stands at the junction of College Street and High Street near the Elgin Museum . The south-facing main facade of the three-story building is three axes wide. Its facades are plastered with Harl , with natural stone surrounds. At ground level, an arched arcade runs along the facade. It is made with squat columns with primitive Ionic details. The outer arches are equipped with flat shop windows, if the entrance door would occupy the central arch. Twelve-part lattice windows are embedded in the upper floors , with the two windows on the second floor being designed as portholes with ornamented gables. The gable roof is covered with stone slabs that may have come from a quarry in New Spynie . Its gables are designed as a stepped gable . A two-storey wing continues at the rear.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Braco's Banking House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 38 ′ 56.3 " N , 3 ° 18 ′ 37" W.