Public Library And Council Offices, 26 Atholl Road, Pitlochry

The building at 26 Atholl Road, Pitlochry, is a public library and council offices dating to around 1860, with possible alterations in 1890 by Peddie & Kinnear. Originally two separate structures—a bank manager's house and a bank—it now forms a two-storey, three-bay, L-shaped building with gabled sections and a crenellated porch, topped with decorative finials. A lower wing extends to the northeast.

The exterior is constructed of squared and snecked rubble stone with ashlar dressings, some of which are stugged. Doorways are stop-chamfered, creating a basket-arch effect. The windows have stone mullions and chamfered arrises, and all gables and dormerheads are finialled.

The southwest elevation, facing Atholl Road, has a flat-roofed, crenellated porch in the centre bay, the ground floor featuring a tripartite window. A plate glass fanlight sits above the door, with an arrowslit in the adjacent re-entrant angle and further doors and windows. Above, a decorative timber hoodmould adorns a small window, and dormer windows break the eaves. A lower, set-back wing is to the left, with a canted tripartite window at ground level and a gablehead window flanked by decorative timber braces.

The southeast elevation is asymmetrical, with a dominant, advanced gabled bay containing a six-light window on each floor, with the outer lights canted. A moulded datestone is set in the gablehead, and decorative timber braces are found at the canted angles. A large window with leaded coloured glass remains in the upper portion of the ground floor return, while a lower wing is set back to the left.

The northwest elevation features a gabled bay with a full-height projecting chimney stack and a small window. A lower, piended bay is to the left, with a single window. The northeast elevation is irregular, with an advanced wing on the left and altered bays on the recessed face.

Modern windows are in place, featuring multi-pane horizontal glazing patterns and plate glass in timber sash and case frames. The roof is covered in grey slates, with coped ashlar stacks topped with cans. Deeply overhanging eaves are supported by brackets with decorative finials.

The interior includes plain and decorative cornicing and panelled shutters. A replacement timber-panelled staircase features ball-finialled newels. The principal room on the first floor to the southeast has decorative plasterwork friezes, a honeycomb ceiling, a carved timber chimneypiece with mirrored overmantel, flanking architraved display cupboards, and a pilastered doorpiece, all broken by a pediment.

The site is enclosed by coped rubble boundary walls.