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Early-mid 18th century, south-facing 2-storey, 5-bay house with rear off centre gable. Gable end to street. Modern harl with contrasting painted ashlar margins. Off-central entrance with moulded margins and narrow rectangular fanlight and panelled door. Ground floor windows with checked margins for shutters, some embedded hinges and hooks survive. Small first floor windows under eaves, two later raised through wallhead under small gablets. Two first floor windows in the west gable (seaward) lighting parlour. Substantial rear off-centre wallhead gable with apex stack and paired ground and first floor windows under gable. Further enlarged ground floor window at the northwest (former shop). Coped end stacks and slate roof. Shuttering arrangements of the ground floor windows suggest that the lower portion of the house was used as office and stores, probably connected with the extensive commercial trading carried on out of Findhorn harbour (sited close to house) until the middle of the 19th century. The wide staircase led to comfortable family quarters in the first floor, with parlour windows looking seaward to keep an eye on shipping.
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