Library, High Street, Langholm

The building is a public library located on High Street in Langholm, constructed between 1875 and 1878, with a date of 1877 noted. It is a two-storey and attic neo-Jacobean structure that adjoins the southern rear wall of the Town House, featuring a garden to the south and a public road along both sides. The interior was completely rebuilt around 1980. The exterior is made of stugged ashlar with polished dressings.

The library has symmetrical elevations with buckle-quoined corners, primarily featuring cross-windows with plate glass. It is topped with leaded and ogee-domed turrets at the corners, and the wallhead gables include small windows, kneelers, and spike finials. The southern façade has a shallow advanced gabled center that contains the main entrance, which is flanked by round-headed panels, and features a corbelled rectangular oriel above.

The flank elevations consist of four bays (two on each side), and the west wall includes a large shop opening with an unusually long stone-lintelled span, which now serves as a tourist center. The building has band and string courses between the floors, an eaves band and cornice, and a wallhead balustrade at the southern end. The roofs are covered with slate.