Customs Watch House

Materials: squared and rubble red sandstone with quoins; slate roof covering, and some later red-brick infill.

Plan: square, with a main entrance giving direct entry to a stair, with a room off to the right on the ground and first floor.

Exterior: a two-storey, two-bay, building under a pavilion roof with a substantial chimney stack to the east. The main (west) elevation has a tall narrow entrance at the left with window openings at ground and first floor level to the right; these have slightly projecting stone sills and were originally taller, now partially infilled with brick. It is thought that the windows were originally shuttered, and a metal fastening to the left of the ground floor window is a remnant of this. Windows on this elevation give views across the Tweed Estuary. The south elevation facing seaward, has similar openings but they are centrally placed and also partially infilled. A metal fixing, probably to house a flag pole is fitted at the left end of this elevation. The north elevation has a small, high window opening to the right probably lighting the stair, and a wide ground floor opening to the left, giving access to the former adjacent single storey range. The east, landward facing elevation, is blind except for an inserted opening low down. All openings are boarded over.

Interior: inspection not possible.