Beattock House Hotel, Beattock

Probably designed by Walter Newall around 1850, Beattock House Hotel is a picturesque two-storey villa with a basement, featuring bargeboarded gables and dormer heads. Additions were made around 1900 in a sympathetic style, replicating details from the original house, with subsequent, smaller additions following. The exterior is built with stugged red ashlar stonework and polished dressings, with windows featuring deep cavetto cornices.

The north, south, and east elevations share a broadly similar design, each with three irregular bays. A wide gable is advanced on the right side (the fourth bay on the north elevation), while the right-hand bay on each elevation projects slightly, and the upper windows feature bracketed cills and shaped caps. The south elevation has a doorway within the inner bay, approached by steps and a balustrade, leading to a shallow porch with a cavetto cornice and consoles adorned with anthemion ornament. A balustrade sits above the porch, and a first-floor window is deeply recessed within a round-arched panel. A north-facing door is located within the main gable; a wide canted window, likely dating to around 1930, replaces the original ground floor windows on one side. The eaves are bracketed with decorative bargeboards and finials, and low axial stacks of chimney are present with tall flues. The roof is covered in graded slates. An addition built around 1900 mirrors the original house’s style with bargeboarded gables.

The gate piers, constructed from red ashlar, are chamfered and corniced. Four piers stand at the north entrance, with short quadrants and cast-iron gates. Urns are positioned above the inner piers, likely added in the late 19th century. Two piers at the south entrance have pyramidal caps raised on blocks. Similar urns can be seen at Newall's Mount St Michael's in Dumfries.