Links House Hotel, Mill Street, Montrose

Links House Hotel is a two-storey and attic house with a connecting section to the rear, forming a complex asymmetrical plan, built in 1851 by J Greig. The building occupies the site of, and may incorporate fabric from, an earlier house. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar with chamfered margins.

The south (principal) elevation is asymmetrical, featuring a porch with a shallow segmental-arched doorway and windows in the returns. To the right of the porch is a single bay, immediately followed by a full-height bay window with stone-mullioned bipartites and attached column corner decoration. Seven windows are visible at the first floor to the left, with a modern plate glass window at ground level; two gabled dormers are present. A modern block adjoins the left side, extending south. Further modern additions are to the right, with the north-facing house set back.

The north elevation displays a rear house with two tympany gables flanking a piended roof.

The east elevation shows two gable ends; the right-hand gable is two-bay and advanced, while the left-hand gable has modern additions at ground level and two windows in the gablehead.

The west elevation is a gable end, featuring a later entrance at ground level, a window to the centre at the first floor, and windows to the right in the gablehead. A modern block is situated to the right, also extending south.

The windows are timber sash and case, with four panes to the front and twelve panes in the west gable. The roof is covered with grey slate, and ashlar gablehead stacks, along with a stack breaking the pitch to the south, are present.

The interior retains good decorative schemes reflecting different periods of occupation. The entrance hall features a late 19th-century fireplace with Arts and Crafts-inspired tiles and panels extending to the ceiling, a marble surround and mantelpiece with panelling and a mirror. Round-arched doorways with panelled doors flank a divided staircase. A large twelve-light window with stained glass by Daniel Cottier is found on the half landing. A fine painted and gilded cornice is located at the first-floor ceiling above the staircase. A principle room to the southeast showcases an ornate, architraved, consoled, and corniced doorpiece with intricate foliate plasterwork above the cornice; fine cornices and plaster outlined panels decorate the walls and ceiling. Boarded walls are evident in the bathrooms, and servants' quarters are situated in the attic storey.

Ancillary structures include a low, coped, squared, and snecked wall to the southeast, enclosing a car park. A higher, original-form wall is located to the southwest, featuring brick lining, a square-section capped gatepier, a section of brick wall to the west, and a rubble wall on Mill Street. A late 18th-century barn with a stone slate roof adjoins the building to the west, along with 71 Mill Street. Square-section capped gatepiers with timber gates are found to the northeast.