Walkerburn Parish Church Manse, Galashiels Road, Walkerburn

Attributed to Robert Mathison, circa 1875. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, rectangular-plan gothic former manse with projecting gable and canted bay windows; set on terraced hillside. Coursed sandstone ashlar with vermiculated quoins, polished ashlar base and band courses. Polished ashlar window surrounds with chamfered arrises and lintels; sandstone ashlar mullions. Skew gabled with moulded putts.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: flight of ashlar steps with plain ashlar wall and low terminating piers flanking, leading to entrance terrace of house. Central entrance: ashlar step leading to slightly projecting door surround with chamfered arrises, timber panelled door with plain rectangular glazed fanlight and slightly projecting rectangular cornice and lintel; to right, slightly advanced rectangular bay with tripartite window (wide central bay with narrow sidelights). Advanced gable to left with 2-storey canted bay window (bipartite windows to centre with canted sidelights at ground and 1st floor) terminating in moulded cornice; bipartite windows to centre and right of 1st floor. To left of attic level, paired arched windows to gablehead of advanced gable end, slightly overhanging skews forming gablehead cornice and terminating in ashlar ball and spike finial; to right, pitched-roof timber gabled dormer with slated cheeks.

W ELEVATION: near blind harled elevation with single window to extreme left of ground and 1st floor, gablehead stack surmounting.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: fairly regular fenestration with single storey, harled outhouse extension to right.

E ELEVATION: gable end similar to W elevation.

Plate glass glazing in timber sash and case windows to upper floors; 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to principal ground floor rooms; small arched top bipartite to attic with 2-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Pitched purple slate roof with lead ridging and flashing; gabled timber dormer with pitched slate roof and slated cheeks. Painted cast-iron rainwater. Coursed sandstone ashlar gablehead stacks to E and W with projecting moulded neck copes and 4 and 5 cans.

INTERIOR: retaining original room layout with large reception rooms to ground floor and timber dog leg staircase. Original woodwork such as panelled doors and skirting boards still survive along with some fire surrounds.