Hawes Inn, South Queensferry

The Hawes Inn is a building of mixed dates and styles located in South Queensferry. An original section dates back to the late 17th century, with subsequent additions made in the 19th century. A Baronial-style east wing, designed by Sydney Mitchell & Wilson and dated 1893, was added later, incorporating a reused datestone inscribed 'IS BB 1638' at the rear of the western section.

The front of the inn is divided into five distinct sections. The facades are generally harled with painted chamfered margins, with the east wing distinguished by unpainted ashlar dressings. A base course runs along the buildings, although it is absent from the east wing.

The east wing, a two-storey, three-bay structure with a dormerhead, features a crowstepped gable on its north elevation. An advanced crowstepped gable to the right has a single window on each floor. An advanced bay in the angle of the gable has a bipartite window on the ground floor and a tripartite window on the first, with an overhanging design and crenellated parapet. A single window is positioned on the east face of the first floor. The east elevation of the wing has crowstepped gables and paired, three-light, corbelled octagonal oriel bays at the first-floor angles, topped with conical roofs and ball finials. The south elevation includes a timber balcony with a forestair, a three-bay range with paired central doors and regular fenestration, plus a rear crowstepped gable and a four-bay wing with irregularly spaced ground floor windows and regular first-floor fenestration with dormers.

The original building section, the second from the east, is a two-storey and attic structure with two crowstepped gables to the front. A central door is framed by a chamfered architrave, and a clock is positioned above. The fenestration is irregular on the right gable, with two small attic windows; the left gable has regular fenestration and a small attic window in the right bay, with piended dormers facing into the valley. The south elevation features a sundial at the southwest angle and later additions.

The central section is a two-storey, three-bay building with a regular fenestration pattern, tall first-floor windows, and a small window to the left at the first floor. Painted panels are present on the ground floor. The south elevation is a two-storey, two-window range with modern additions.

The lounge bar, the fourth section from the east, is a single-storey range with a central door framed by artisan pilasters and an entablature above the eaves, flanked by two windows to the left and a single window to the right. The south elevation has an attic light and two parallel single-storey ranges.

The saloon bar, the fifth section from the east, is a single-storey and attic, three-bay building with a symmetrical design. A central pilastered doorpiece is topped by a dentilled pediment, flanked by ground floor windows, and three finialled gablet dormers are positioned above. The south elevation has a central ground-floor door, flanked by windows, with a dormer doorway in the left bay at the attic level, incorporating a forestair, and a dormer window in the right bay.

The building has a variety of glazing patterns, predominantly timber sash and case windows. The roof is slate-covered, with crowstepped skews to the east wing and original building, and straight skews to the rest of the roof. Coped stacks are located at the gableheads. The interior was not inspected in 2000.