Moray HER - NJ26SW0181 - FORMER MOSS STREET UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 9A MOSS STREET, ELGIN

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Primary Reference	NJ26SW0181
Name	FORMER MOSS STREET UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 9A MOSS STREET, ELGIN
NRHE Card No.	NJ26SW285
NRHE Numlink	194178
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	30837
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Former United Presbyterian Church, built by A and W Reid in 1857-8. It is in the Gothic revival style, constructed of tooled ashlar with polished ashlar dressings and slated roof. The East gable to Moss Street has an advanced three-stage central tower, which houses a pointed arched, moulded recessed porch with a decorated traceried window above. The clock faces (now removed) were under pointed hoodmoulds at the top of the second stage. There are four louvred traceried windows at the crenellated upper stage, with truncated angle pinnacles and diagonal angle buttresses. The top pinnacles of the tower have been removed. Before their removal, the tower was 95 feet (29 metres) high. There are four-bay buttressed flanks, with traceried windows under pointed hoodmoulds with alternate buttresses. It is no longer in ecclesiastical use. It has since been used as a shop and is now a bar and restaurant.
Last Update	24/09/2019
Updated By	cpalmer

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National Grid Reference: NJ 2172 6273

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Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CHURCHES	ASHLAR	GOTHIC REVIVAL	A	100
WINDOWS		TRACERIED	B	100
PINNACLES	ANGLE	TRUNCATED	C	100
PORCHES		RECESSED	D	100
WINDOWS		LOUVRED	E	100
BUTTRESSES	ANGLE	DIAGONAL	F	100
SHOPS		SITE OF	G	100
RESTAURANTS			H	100
TOWERS	CENTRAL		I	100
CLOCKS		SITE OF	J	100
PINNACLES		SITE OF	K	100
HOOD-MOULDS		POINTED	L	100