Hyndford House, 1-7 Cromwell Road, North Berwick

Hyndford House, located at 1-7 Cromwell Road in North Berwick, is a large villa built in the later 19th century, featuring two and three storeys plus an attic. A northeast extension was added in 1902, and a ballroom over a basement was constructed to the northwest by architect R S Lorimer in 1904. The building is made of squared snecked and stugged rubble with ashlar dressings and raised margins, and it has curved billets at the eaves. The sash and case windows are fitted with plate glass glazing, and the roof is slated.

The south elevation is asymmetrical and consists of ten bays in a composite arrangement. The two outer bays on the left are advanced, featuring a projecting angle bay at the ground level. There is a stair tower with an ogee roof and a gabled porch on the east side, while the flanking bay to the right is recessed. The bays to the right are grouped and advancing, and there are gabled dormers.

On the north elevation, three canted bays rise to ground floor height in the centre, connected by a consoled pierced stone balcony. The right bay has higher eaves, and there are two recessed bays to the outer left, along with gabled dormers and a box dormer. The slate roof continues here.

The ballroom addition to the northwest was designed by R S Lorimer. The west elevation features a four-bay, flat-roofed extension with broad semi-circular arcaded windows at the basement level, which have small-pane glazing and three inset doorways. Above, there are four tall windows, with the penultimate left window dropped to the floor and adorned with a decorative wrought-iron balcony. A doorway at the south has stone steps and a curved wrought-iron balustrade. The north elevation includes a raised stack at the centre and a flat-roofed bowed oriel with a swept apron to the left, above a small window. The coped parapet is broken by semi-circular panels at each bay, and there are two diamond stacks to the north.

The property also features a curved, paved terrace by the west basement, complete with a decorative urn finial, and a coped rubble boundary wall to the south.