Dalhousia, Chambers Terrace, Peebles

Dalhousia is a large three-storey house, dating from 1897, with later additions. It is situated on ground that slopes down to the north and is constructed of whinstone with long and short tooled sandstone dressings. The house features overhanging eaves with exposed rafters and mock half-timbered gables adorned with bargeboards.

The northeast elevation is irregular, comprising six bays across three storeys. At the centre is a broad gabled bay with two windows at ground level, a large corbelled canted window with a piend roof on the first floor, and a bipartite window with a stepped hoodmould on the second floor. To the right, there is a date stone at the second floor, and an outer right bay that includes a round corner tower with three windows on each floor, an eaves cornice, and a conical roof topped with a weathervane finial. The two inner left bays are slightly set back and feature windows on both floors; at ground level, there is a door to the right with a partly glazed timber porch that has a dentilled cornice and a copper pagoda roof, along with a bipartite window to the right. The outer left bay is only two storeys high and gabled, with bipartite windows, although the mullions have been removed on the first floor.

The west elevation features a gable to the left with a tower at the corner and windows to the right. To the right, there is a projecting gabled single-storey block with two windows and a glazed porch beyond, along with a set-back gable above that has a single window to the right.

On the south elevation, there is a two-storey, three-bay centre block with a gable to the right. It has a projecting bipartite window at ground level, which continues as a later glazed porch to the left. To the right, there is a projecting single-storey piend-roofed ballroom with a copper-roofed link and a tripartite bow window featuring arched glazing and a gable above. A modern addition is set back to the far right.

The east elevation is largely obscured by a dry-dash addition with stone latticing, but the main block has double gables and a tripartite window. The house features timber sash and case windows, with plate glass and four-pane designs, and curved glazing in the ballroom bow. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are coped stone stacks with octagonal cans.

Inside, the ballroom boasts fine panelling made of Indian laurel.