Park Hotel, Innerleithen Road, Peebles

The Park Hotel is a substantial, three-storey asymmetrical Baronial villa, originally dating to the early 19th century. It has undergone several significant expansions and alterations over time, including work by David MacGibbon in 1865, extensive rebuilding by Cooper & Taylor in 1901, further extensions by the same firm in 1902 and 1910, modifications by Cairns & Ford in 1953, and additions by JJ Shannon in 1959, with later extensions by Bell Gray Associates in 1970. It was initially conceived as a compact, symmetrical two-storey, three-bay house and has since been enlarged with large 20th-century additions.

The exterior is white harl with cream sandstone ashlar dressings. Features include chamfered arrises, a cill course at the first floor, a stepped and moulded corbel course above the first floor, and crowstepped gables.

The South elevation showcases a principal three-bay block with a slightly advanced centre bay. The ground and first floors of the original house display regular fenestration. The third floor of the centre bay is gabled with a tripartite window; the centre light is framed by colonettes with a segmental pediment, while the flanking bays have windows that break the eaves with pedimented and finialled gableheads. A corbelled corner turret with an ogee roof and lead finial is positioned on the left. To the right is a slightly advanced two-storey gabled bay with a large, full-height canted window, featuring three lights and a crenellated parapet. A link connects to a modern two-storey building with a mansard attic. To the left of this is a flat-roofed single-storey modern block, formerly a conservatory.

The West elevation is partially obscured at ground level by a modern flat-roofed block. A broad bay is present to the right, with a gable at the centre and an apex stack flanked by matching turrets. Two bays to the left feature a projecting crenellated bipartite window at the first floor, alongside tall windows that break the eaves with gabled dormerheads at the second floor. A two-storey gabled bay is located to the left, with service areas beyond.

The North elevation, facing the road, is an irregular arrangement of single and two-storey ranges that largely conceal the original M-gabled block. A crenellated port cochere, now converted into an entrance, connects to the modern block on the left.

The windows are timber sash and case plate glass, with a mix of modern replacements and some top-hoppers. The roof is covered in grey slates with crowstepped skews; some rear sections have plain coping. Harled stacks are adorned with ashlar dressings.

Inside, a timber staircase features alternate turned balusters. The dining room has timber panelling and a compartmented ceiling. The drawing room showcases a modillioned cornice, a rinceau frieze, and a decorated plaster ceiling.

The boundary is marked by a rubble wall with semicircular coping. Square, corniced ashlar gatepiers are topped with a cushion frieze and coping; smaller outer piers have pyramidal copes resting on balls.