5 And 7 High Street, Penicuik

5 and 7 High Street in Penicuik is an earlier 19th-century, two-storey, three-bay near-symmetrical house featuring a bow-fronted shop at the ground level. The building is constructed from tooled sandstone ashlar, with polished ashlar and painted finishes at the ground floor. It has a cill course above the apron and a corniced fascia with a blocking course.

The northwest (principal) elevation is characterized by a symmetrical shallow five-part bow at the ground level. This includes a doorpiece with a recessed glazed timber door and glazed returns, flanked by plate glass windows. To the outer left, there is a tooled ashlar infilled former doorway, while to the outer right, a pilastered doorpiece features a recessed four-panel timber door, which was formerly a two-leaf door, along with a two-pane letterbox fanlight. The first floor has evenly spaced windows in each bay. A flagpole, set at an angle, is positioned at the cill of the central window on the first floor, supported by a pair of metal brackets set into the window reveals. There is also a modern wall-hung metal shop sign to the outer right on the first floor.

The northeast elevation is adjoined to the neighboring properties at 9 and 11 High Street. The southeast (rear) elevation was not seen during the last inspection in 1999, and the southwest elevation is also adjoined to a neighboring property.

The interior was not seen in 1999. The building predominantly features four-pane timber sash and case windows. It has a grey slate roof with a lead ridge and cast-iron rainwater goods.