83, 99 High Street, Selkirk

This is a late 19th and early 20th century building, with subsequent additions and alterations, consisting of a three-storey, five-bay, Tudor-detailed terraced tenement. It terminates a terrace and incorporates shops at ground level. The building is constructed with a variety of ashlar finishes; the ground floor of number 73 is polished ashlar, while the upper floors of numbers 73 to 81 (the odd numbers) feature stugged ashlar with polished ashlar dressings. Numbers 83 to 99 (again, the odd numbers) have polished ashlar to their upper storeys, and the northeast elevation is rendered.

The building’s details include a base course, a cornice above the fascia, a stepping string course that serves as a hoodmould at the first floor level, an eaves course, and stop-chamfered arrises on numbers 73 to 81. It also features cill courses to the first and second storeys, a cornice between the first and second floors, and an eaves course on numbers 83 to 99.

The main southeast-facing (High Street) elevation is organised in a 3-2 bay arrangement. The central bay features a modern glazed door with a plate glass rectangular fanlight above, flanked to the right by a shop window. Bipartite windows are present on each floor above, with the second floor breaking the eaves with gabled and finialled dormerheads. A shop window is located to the right on the ground floor, flanked by a narrow window. A panelled door is to the extreme right, also with a fanlight above, with two storeys above matching the central design. To the left of the centre, a door is present at ground level, flanked by multi-paned windows and a further door to the right. Above are two storeys consistent with the central design. A two-bay group positioned to the right is slightly angled to follow the curve of the road, incorporating modern shop fronts in each bay. The bay to the left has a glazed door at ground level, flanked by a plate glass shop window, with a broad fascia above. Slightly advanced window panels are at the first and second floors. A transomed and mullioned window at first floor has basket-arched lower lights and four-light uppers. A tripartite window at second floor has a taller central light, again breaking the eaves with a broken semicircular pediment. A window and door at ground level in the bay to the right display a similar arrangement to the first floor and second floor.

The northwest elevation was not inspected in 1995.

The windows are plate glass timber sash and case. The roof is slate with a platform at the apex. Ashlar coped mutual and wallhead stacks (on the northeast side) are present, along with tall clay cans on the east-facing stacks. Decorative rainhoppers are located at the eaves of numbers 73 to 81 and at first floor level of numbers 83 to 99. The interior was not inspected in 1995.