Queens Hotel, 29, 31 Mill Street, Drummore

The Queen’s Hotel, dated to the mid to later 19th century, stands on Mill Street, Drummore, and comprises two similarly-detailed, three-bay blocks. The building is two storeys and an attic, with the attic floor just visible below the eaves. The exterior is harled, with painted dressings highlighting the windows and doors. Raised quoins mark the corners of both blocks, and a dentilled eaves course runs around the building, interrupted by the attic windows. A base course is also present. Architraved window margins have consoled cornices at ground and first floor levels, and bracketed cills support all windows. Plain margins surround the doors.

The south (Mill Street) elevation is symmetrical. The block to the left features a corniced doorpiece with Tuscan columns and a gilded lion couchant at the top; the door itself is set into a modern timber panel infilling. A modern name sign is affixed to the doorpiece. Regular window placement is a key feature. Timber gabled dormer windows are visible in the attic floor, with decorative iron finials on the outer dormers. A circular plaque, depicting a winged wheel and three initials, is centrally located between the first and attic floors. The block to the right features a door with a gilded lion's head on a large keystone above, also set into a modern timber panel infilling. The wallhead is raised between the attic windows, linking them visually and topped with a dentilled cornice and flat roof.

The west elevation adjoins a two-storey house at No. 27 Mill Street. The east elevation is visible above the adjoining lower house, No. 33 Mill Street, which is recorded in a separate listing.

Upper floors feature sash and case windows, mostly with four panes of glass; two windows on the right side of the first floor have two panes. Modern glazing is present on the ground floor. Coped skews are observed on the southeast and southwest sides. Painted brick stacks are visible, along with gableheads to the east and west, and a central ridge between the two blocks. The roof is covered in grey slates, with some octagonal cans.

The Queen’s Hotel has historically also been known as the Queen’s Arms Hotel. References and further comment are found in M M Harper’s Rambles in Galloway (1896).