Cascade House

Cascade House is a villa dating from 1834-5, built in a classical style. It is a two-story building with a rectangular plan and three bays, situated in a prominent position above the main road (A7) between Selkirk and Galashiels. The principal elevation is faced with yellow sandstone ashlar; the remaining elevations are white-painted render with polished ashlar dressings. The villa features a pedimented ionic architrave above the central two-leaf timber panelled entrance door, which has a rectangular light above it. Plain coupled pilasters mark the corners of the building. The rear elevation to the southwest has an irregular fenestration, including a stone-mullioned tripartite window at first floor level. A first-floor string course, cornice, and blocking course run along the building.

A piend-roofed single-story stable block is situated to the rear, with a timber-boarded door and hayloft centrally positioned. This stable block is now linked to the house by a later extension. The villa has plate glass in timber sash and case windows, coped ashlar stacks topped with buff clay cans, and a Vermont green slate roof with zinc flashing installed in 1998. Most of the rainwater goods are made of cast iron.

Inside, a stone stairway has a cast-iron balustrade and a polished wooden handrail, with a stained-glass stair window. The scullery at the rear has deep, paired ceramic sinks, while the butler's pantry features a flagstone floor and a cast-iron fireplace. The stable has a grooved stone floor. The interior of the main house is characterised by timber-panelled doors, working timber shutters, and decorative cornicing throughout.

The house is named after a waterfall in the garden to the rear and was originally part of the Pringle Estate, the feudal duty being the presentation of a bunch of primroses each spring. The extension connecting the house to the stable block was recorded on the 1897 Ordnance Survey map. The property was shown on the 1856-9 Ordnance Survey map.