Town House, Market Place, Selkirk

This is an 1803-4 town house located on Market Place, Selkirk, with later additions and alterations. The building is of classical design and is situated on a slope rising to the southeast.

The front of the building (northwest elevation) is constructed with polished ashlar at ground level, while the first floor is cherry-corked whinstone with polished ashlar dressings, which have been render-repaired. The rear and southwest elevation feature whinstone rubble with polished ashlar dressings, also now render-repaired. A base course, band course between ground and first floor, eaves course, long and short flush quoins, and tails to window margins are present. A moulded band course defines each stage of the tower.

The central bay of the northwest elevation is slightly forward. The ground floor is rendered with a round-arched doorway containing a two-leaf boarded door, flanked by commemorative bronze plaques. Above this is a round-arched opening containing a square-headed window with a stained glass window displaying the Selkirk Coat of Arms. The tower and spire rise to a height of 110 feet, including the weathercock. The tower features a rectangular plaque at the first stage, a round-faced clock on each face at the second stage, and an octagonal third stage with bell-chamber openings (now blind except for louvred areas above the clocks). The octagonal stone spire has three tiers of oval lucarnes—some open, some blind—on each face, topped by a weather vane surmounting two balls. The flanking bays mirror the central design, incorporating projecting shop fronts with two-leaf panelled doors (containing deep-set glazed inner doors), fixed-pane windows, and windows above.

The southeast elevation has a tall window to the centre. A two-storey projection is to the left, with steps leading to a modern panelled door on the right side of the gabled southeast elevation. A single-storey addition is located to the right, with a door facing southeast.

The building has 12-pane timber sash and case windows and a slate piended roof.

The interior courtroom, accessed by steps from the main entrance, features a timber glazed vestibule partition at the top of the stairs, a cove-edged ceiling with cast-iron vents, a panelled clerks' compound, a raised sheriff's precinct with panelled dado.

Coped whinstone rubble boundary walls are found to the southeast.