47, 49 South Street, Bo'Ness

47 and 49 South Street in Bo'Ness is a three-storey, three-bay flatted dwelling built in 1903 by James Thomson. It features shops on the ground floor and forms part of an irregular terrace. The exterior is characterized by narrow bands of stugged ashlar, polished quoins, and decorative dressings, with cornices at both the ground floor and eaves. The windows above the ground floor are architraved and arranged in vertical panels, with brackets supporting the first-floor windows. Stone mullions are also present.

The principal elevation is symmetrical above the ground floor. It has three traditionally detailed shopfronts on the ground level, each featuring an in-canted part-glazed timber door, a deep plate glass fanlight to the right, and a fixed display window to the left, separated by plain dividing pilasters and a frieze or fascia. The central shopfront includes a mosaic-tiled doorstep. Above, the first floor has a single pedimented window in the center bay, flanked by bipartite windows in the outer bays. The second floor mirrors this fenestration, with a tall shouldered wallhead stack located in the center.

The windows are fitted with plate glass glazing in replacement timber sash and case frames. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there is a coped ashlar stack with a can and ashlar-coped skews. A square-section cast-iron downpipe is also present.