Tower Hotel, 85-87 East High Street, Crieff

The Tower Hotel is an early 19th-century hotel located on East High Street, Crieff. The building is two storeys with an attic and basement, and comprises a three-bay main section flanked by wings, with a two-stage tower and steeple prominently positioned. The site occupies ground that slopes steeply to the south. The exterior is finished with painted stucco. Tudor hoodmoulds are present, along with stone mullions and chamfered reveals to the tower.

The principal north elevation features a small gabled porch with steps leading to a modern entrance. Windows are arranged regularly on the first floor, with small piended dormers over the outer bays, and a modern rooflight in the centre. A lower wing projects to the right, and a further wing protrudes to the left, featuring a window to each floor of its return.

The northeast tower has a tall first stage containing a two-leaf panelled timber door and a blocked fanlight at ground level, a blocked window above to the north, and a traceried opening to the west. A blind roundel is located near the apex on both the north and west faces. A slated roof rises to a squat second stage with the words "TOWER HOTEL" painted on each face, beneath a billeted cornice and a finialled steeple.

The rear, or garden, elevation has a raised basement with a stone forestair leading to a central bay containing a ground floor door and a stair window above. A bay to the left features a canted tripartite window to both the basement and ground floor, with a single window above. A further basement door is located to the outer right, with windows on each floor above, and an additional small window at first floor between the centre and right bays. Flat-roofed tripartite dormer windows are positioned over the outer bays. A set-back lower bay, with a small ground floor window below a first floor window breaking into eaves of a pedimented dormerhead, adjoins on the right and extends into a screen wall.

The windows are timber sash and case, with 8-pane, 12-pane and plate glass glazing. Dormers on the north elevation retain casement windows, and the stair window is embellished with coloured margins. Grey slates cover the roof. Coped ashlar stacks include some cans, and there are ashlar-coped skews. Cast-iron downpipes have a decorative rainwater hopper on the north side.

The interior includes decorative plasterwork cornices and a moulded roundel. A stone staircase has plain ironwork balusters and a timber handrail. The tower staircase is distinguished by decorative cast-iron balusters.

The site is enclosed by coped rubble boundary walls.