2 Assembly Street, Dumfries

2 Assembly Street in Dumfries is a building likely dating from the late 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th century, specifically by James Barbour around 1881. It stands three storeys tall, featuring five bays, a basement, and an attic. The exterior is constructed of red ashlar stone with rusticated quoins. The window architraves are lugged and keystoned, with bracketed cills, although the glazing has been altered throughout, primarily to plate glass sashes. The two ground floor windows on the right have lowered cills. The central entrance has a two-leaf door, but the doorpiece has been removed. A modillioned main cornice adorns the top, and there are rooflights and two dormers, with end stacks and a slate roof. The gable facing Irish Street has two tall projecting bays; the left bay dates from the 1840s or 1850s and features lowered windows on the main elevation, while the right bay is taller and possibly designed by Barbour. The rear elevation has also been altered and is made of brick with ashlar dressings.

Inside, the building features 19th-century interiors, including a late 19th-century scale-and-platt timber stair with arcaded balustrades, columned and depressed-arched screens in the entrance hall, and some notable timber doorpieces along with ceiling and cornice plasterwork.