Eskdale Hotel, High Street, Langholm

Habershon, Spedding and Brock of London, architects, 1866-7.

Picturesque large hotel with mainly pointed-headed openings

to street, broad-eaved and barge-boarded gables; extensive

rear ranges (to SW) around rectangular courtyard. Built of

grey rubble with ashlar dressings. 3-storey front range has

narrow gabled flanks, near symmetrical 6-bay elevation to

High Street with pair wallhead gables flanking small central

gabled dormer head (top floor windows square-headed); blocked segmental-arched carriage pend left, main door in 5th bay

with steep-gabled hood; upper windows mostly have small

balconies; sash windows with 4-pane glazing pattern; corniced

end and axial stacks; slate roofs.

Courtyard ranges are stepped to slope; 1, 2 and 3 storeys,

and mostly converted for staff/residents' use - former halls

in SE range, stables at SW with main roof bracketed and swept

down at court forming verandah; court opens to Laird's entry,

screen walls with square gatepiers.