South Esk Inn, 36, 37 Wharf Street, Montrose

The South Esk Inn, located at 36 and 37 Wharf Street in Montrose, is an earlier 19th-century public house. It is a two-storey building with an attic and features a four-bay design that forms part of an irregular terrace. The exterior is finished in painted harl with contrasting margins.

On the principal elevation (south), there is a corniced doorpiece that is offset to the left of center, accompanied by a rectangular fanlight. A window is positioned to the right at the first floor above the door. The ground and first floors display a symmetrical arrangement with two bays to the right and one bay to the left, along with an additional door to the left at ground level. A wallhead stack divides the bays. The roof features two canted dormers. To the left, there is a single bay, three-storey wing with a catslide roof; this wing includes a door at ground level and a ten-step stone flight with a decorative iron railing leading to an entrance at the first floor, along with windows at the first and second floors.

The west elevation adjoins 35 Wharf Street. The east elevation is a gable end with two windows and a door at ground level, and a window located at the first and attic storeys in the center.

The north elevation has a lean-to addition on the left side at ground level and a pitched roof addition on the right. The building features timber sash and case windows, which include four-pane and plate glass designs. The roof is covered with grey slate and has stone skews and skew putts. There are brick gablehead stacks and shouldered wallhead stacks located at the center of the front elevation.