Station Hotel, Station Road, Dumfries

Dated 1896. Railway hotel. 3 storeys with basement and attics,

9 bays to station court, outer pairs advanced. Squared red

rubble with contrasting ashlar dressings, 1st floor cill band

encircles building.

Station (E) facade: originally symmetrical with central

projecting gabled porch partly roofing steps from

pavement; cast-iron lamps at the foot. Outer 2 bays slightly

advanced with later large 7-light canted bay projecting at

W in front of ground floor. 2 tripartite windows at E; upper

floors with symmetrical arrangement of 1, 2 and 3-light

windows, 3 flat roofed 3-light dormers to centre, large

4-light, timber-framed gabled dormers over outer bays.

Small-paned dormer casements and upper sashes, 4-pane lower

sashes.

Lover's walk facade: asymmetrical; central projecting glazed

timber porch with tripartite stair windows above. Remaining

windows 1 and 2-light. Raised gable towards E with projecting

flue and apex stack.

Side elevations: symmetrical, 3-bay with 2 canted outer

ground floor windows; raised, wallhead chimney gable with

arched window, scrolled skewputts and apex stack. Broad-eaved,

piended slate roof with large, central octagonal cupola with

elaborate balcony and candle snuffer roof.

Set within retaining wall with cast-iron railings.