The Trades Hall, 16, 17 Queensberry Square, Dumfries

Thomas Boyd of Dumfries, 1804. Freestanding Trades Hall.

Classical. Rectangular-plan. 3 storeys, arcaded and

rusticated ground floor originally open (arcades filled

1847: now with shops). All painted ashlar, droved above ground

and with architraves. Principal (N) elevation 5 bays, the

inner 3 advanced and pedimented (date in tympanum); main

doorway central; 1st floor windows corniced, central window

with consoled pediment. Sash windows, 12-pane glazing

pattern at 1st floor; otherwise, most windows have glazing

bars removed. 3-bay W flank with central tripartites,

corniced and with columned mullions at 1st floor. Cornice;

piended and platformed slate and lead roof, flues gathered

into massive near central stack.

Interior: some decorative cornice plasterwork; panelled doors

in architraves; good original chimneypiece with husked garlands.