Otterburn Hall

Otterburn Hall is a country house, later adapted for use as a hotel, built in 1870 for Lord James Douglas. The entrance front was altered in 1905 for Sir Charles Morrison-Bell, and a billiard room was added, along with internal remodelling, following a fire in 1930. The house is constructed of brick in Flemish bond, with ashlar dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof. It is built in a Tudor style with an irregular plan.

The entrance front is two storeys high, comprising five bays and a projecting three-storey gabled bay to the right. A large two-storey porch is centrally located, featuring a pointed-arched doorway flanked by diagonal buttresses with offsets. Above the doorway is a crest depicting a bird within a high-relief Baroque wreath, surmounted by a face and swags. A four-light mullioned window sits above the porch. The front has a cornice adorned with grotesque carvings and Tudor roses, with gargoyles positioned at the angles. The central three bays are irregular and feature large mullioned-and-transomed windows of 3, 4 and 8 lights; the latter is an extruded bay. The cross-gabled right bay has mullioned-and-transomed cross windows and a four-light window on the second floor. Decorative Baroque-style rainwater heads are present. A parapet runs along the front of the main part of the house. Elsewhere, the roofs are gabled, and tall brick stacks are topped with stone cornices.

A large conservatory extends to the rear, with lean-to roofs around a taller, rectangular central section covered by a hipped roof. A late 20th-century extension to the rear is not of special interest.