Bank Of Scotland, 27 Woodmarket, Kelso

The Bank of Scotland, located at 27 Woodmarket in Kelso, is a two-storey Neo-Greek building designed by John Burnet, senior, in 1860. The façade features five bays and is constructed of polished ashlar. At the center of the ground floor, there is a single-storey projecting porch flanked by a pair of cast-iron tripod lamps on pedestals. The ground floor has a channelled finish above the plinth, while the first floor windows are adorned with moulded architraves. The building also has rusticated angle quoins, a frieze with discs, and a dentil cornice, topped with a piended slated roof. To the left, there is a lower advanced two-storey, three-bay block with a later pediment. A round-arched rusticated gateway provides access to a close on the right side.

On the elevation facing Abbey Row, the building has two storeys and a basement with three bays. An off-centre door is approached by steps situated between parapets that feature ball-finials. The round-headed doorway has a hollow moulded label above it. There is a tripartite window over the door, a tripartite window to the left, and a bipartite window to the right, all with stilted round-arched heads and centre shafts. The construction includes snecked rubble with polished dressings, a moulded cornice, and a piended slated roof.