Orchard Centre, 1 Douglas Crescent, Bonnyrigg

The Orchard Centre, built in 1909 by Grieg, Fairburn & McNiven, is a two-storey, asymmetrical public building designed in the Arts and Crafts style. It was constructed as a pair to the Public Library located opposite, which is separately listed. The building is harled with red sandstone dressings.

The principal, Lothian Street elevation is two bays wide, with a single-storey, single-bay prefabricated addition set back on the right. A corner tower rises prominently, being polygonal at ground level and corbelled to circular at first floor. An advanced doorpiece features a corniced, architraved doorway topped with a scrolled, carved pediment, sheltering a timber panelled door. A four-light window is located above the door on the first floor, and the tower is finished with a conical roof. A tripartite window is situated at ground level in the bay to the right, above which is a bipartite window with a curvilinear dormerhead. A modern, bipartite window is set into the addition on the far right, with a flat roof.

The Douglas Crescent elevation is three bays wide, with a single-storey, single-bay stepped lean-to projecting to the outer left. The central bay features a corniced, architraved doorpiece with a deep-set timber panelled door, above which is a single bipartite window. A single window is located at ground level in the bay to the right, and a tall wallhead stack with an ashlar cap stands above. To the left, a single window is at ground level, topped by a bipartite window with a curvilinear gablehead. A single-storey ashlar coped, stepped screen wall is located at the far left, incorporating an architraved doorpiece with a timber panelled door.

The Northwest elevation is two storeys and two bays, with a lean-to slate roof covering the ground floor. A single window is present to the right of the forward ground floor section, above which is an ashlar coped wallhead stack. A bipartite dormer window is situated at first floor level in the bay to the left.

The Northeast elevation, partially visible in 1996, features a coped wallhead stack and ashlar-coped skews.

The windows are timber sash and case with small, leaded panes. The roof is covered in green slate, with a stone ridge, ashlar skews, harled and ashlar coped stacks, and bracketed cast-iron gutters and downpipes.