Lochiel, Main Street East End, Chirnside

Earlier to mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. Single storey with attic, 3-bay, former United Presbyterian gabled Tudor manse with lower, single storey, single bay wings recessed to outer left and right; single storey wing at rear, forming near T-plan. Coursed and stugged red sandstone; sandstone ashlar dressings (lightly droved in part); harl-pointed red sandstone rubble at rear. Raised base course; stugged quoins; stugged long and short surrounds to openings; sandstone mullions to bipartites; flush cills.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: slightly recessed, square-headed central entrance with timber panelled door, Tudor-arched fanlight; blind, round-arched arrowslit centred in small surmounting gablehead. Corniced eaves to canted windows at ground in flanking bays; blind, square-headed arrowslits centred in large sandstone gableheads breaking eaves above. Bipartite windows in single bay projections recessed to outer left and right.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: gabled projection at centre. Single storey with attic, and single storey ranges recessed to outer left and right.

Modern timber glazing throughout; rooflights. Grey slate roof; gablet-coped skews; scroll-bracketed skewputts. Sandstone apex stacks with brick-built triple flues; octagonal cans; plain apex stack to N; single circular can.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

BOUNDARY WALLS, PIERS AND GATEPIERS: heavily-pointed, coped rubble walls enclosing site. Corniced square-plan piers fronting street to outer left and right with chamfered angles; flat ashlar caps. Gatepiers (as piers) flanking central pedestrian entrance; modern iron gate.