Old Crown Inn, 13 High Street, Penicuik

The Old Crown Inn, located at 13 High Street in Penicuik, is a mid-18th century public house that has undergone later alterations. It is a two-storey, three-bay building featuring a near-symmetrical design. The exterior is constructed from tooled sandstone ashlar, which is painted, and includes polished ashlar margins, a base course, a corniced lintel at the ground level, and an eaves course.

On the northwest (principal) elevation, the inn has a seven-bay facade with pilasters at the ground level. This includes a centrally located two-leaf, four-panel timber door, flanked by windows, with additional windows in the penultimate bay from the right and the outer left, while the remaining bays are blank. Decorative wall-mounted painted timber public house signs are present. The first floor features three regularly spaced windows. A painted timber public house sign is mounted on a decorative wrought-iron bracket, showcasing a relief of St Edward's Crown upon a cushion.

The northeast elevation adjoins a neighboring terrace (15-23 High Street, which has a separate listing), while the southeast (rear) elevation was not visible in 1999. The southwest elevation also adjoins another neighbor in the terrace (9 and 11 High Street, which has a separate listing).

The interior was not seen in 1999. The building predominantly features plate glass timber sash and case windows. It has a grey slate roof with a lead ridge, cast-iron rainwater goods, and a brick gablehead stack that is coped, with circular and octagonal cans. The skews are also coped.