1, 3, 5 Mid Row, Lauder

1, 3, and 5 Mid Row in Lauder is a mid 19th century terrace that includes two houses and a bank. It is a single storey with an attic and two storeys, featuring eight bays arranged in a 2-3-3 grouping. The principal (northeast) elevation is constructed of coursed dressed whinstone, while the rear (southwest) elevation is made of coursed whinstone rubble, with droved sandstone ashlar dressings. The principal elevation has a base course and an eaves band, with vertical margins and quoins at the outer and upper edges of the blocks for Nos 1-3, and whinstone quoins at the rear.

On the northeast elevation, there is an entrance to the left of No 5 featuring long and short surrounds, a six-panel timber door, and a three-light rectangular fanlight. To the right is a window, with a pair of gabled dormers above in the attic. No 3, which houses the bank, has an architraved entrance with a flat hood supported on brackets, a two-leaf six-panel timber door, and a rectangular overlight. Above this entrance are two windows, with two more to the left on each floor. No 1 has a central architraved entrance with a flat hood supported on brackets, a four-panel door with a rectangular fanlight, and flanking windows on each floor.

The southwest elevation features two windows on each floor at the rear of No 1, with the bottom right window having a cast iron grille. The rear of No 3 shows irregular fenestration, with a pair of windows with cast iron grilles on the ground floor to the right, and a pair of smaller windows of different sizes, also with cast iron grilles, to the left (the right one was formerly an entrance). The first floor has flanking windows with a smaller window in between. No 5 has a three-light window, likely inserted, with wide stone mullions to the right of its rear, along with another window to the left and two gabled dormers above in the attic.

The southeast elevation adjoins No 7 Mid Row, while the northwest elevation adjoins Lauder Town Hall. The buildings mainly feature 12-pane timber sash and case windows and have grey slate roofs. There are four coursed whinstone ridge stacks with droved ashlar quoins and outer faces, including a gablehead stack to the southeast of No 3 and a shared stack with the Town Hall, with mainly octagonal quoins.