98 High Street, Montrose

98 High Street in Montrose consists of three adjoining buildings from the 18th and early 19th centuries, located close to the rear of 96 High Street. The buildings are three storeys tall, with two of the properties finished in harling and one in squared and snecked sandstone.

On the south elevation, the eastern house is harled with droved margins and features two asymmetrical bays, with doors located to the left and right at ground level. The central tenement is also harled and has six symmetrical bays, with two doors positioned at the centre on the ground floor and dormer-headed windows on the second floor. The western house, which terminates the close, has an asymmetrical plan and elevations. It features a single bay to the right with a panelled door at ground level, framed by narrow three-pane glazed lights and a four-pane rectangular fanlight. There is also a panelled door in the return to the left, with a two-pane rectangular fanlight above. An advanced section to the left includes a cast-iron lantern on the corner, a single bay with a door at ground level, and a window on the first floor. The advanced two-storey section to the left has a single bay in return, with a blinded window on the first floor, and the gable end of this section borders on the close of 104 High Street, featuring a window to the right on the first floor and a small window in the gablehead.

The east elevation adjoins 96 High Street. The west elevation shows a two and three-storey house terminating the close, with the lower storeys not visible and two canted dormers above. The north elevation displays regular fenestration on the six-bay tenement, while the two and three-storey house has an asymmetrical elevation with a chimney gable to the right.

The tenement has new eight-pane timber sash and case windows, while the house to the west features varied replacement windows. The roof is covered with grey slate, and there are stone skews and skewputts, along with brick gablehead stacks to the north and south, and a brick wallhead stack to the north of the house to the west.

The interior was not seen in 1997. The boundary walls consist of rubblestone and extend to the west, with the northern side forming the southern wall of Railway Close.