Anderson's Chambers, Market Street

Later 19th century. 2 and 3 storey, 3 by 10 bay former warehouse, now in office use. Squared sandstone, rusticated to sides and rear, ashlar dressings. Situated on a prominent site adjacent to Market Street bridge on the main route into Galashiels town centre and oriented NW-SE. Base course, eaves band course with dentil course to NW elevation. Banded ashlar window surrounds.

FRONT (NW) ELEVATION: 2-storey, symmetrical. Central pilastered and corniced doorway with wrought iron cresting. Bipartite and tripartite windows.

SIDE (SW AND NE) ELEVATIONS: regular fenestration. Bays grouped 3-1-3-1-2. 2 pedimented bays to either elevation containing tripartite windows. NE elevation contains both a modern porch and a wide rectangular doorway (later alteration).

Plate glass and 4-pane timber sash and case windows throughout. Purple slate piended roof. 2 shouldered and corniced wallhead stacks.

INTERIOR: although the warehouse areas have been modernised, they retain their construction of cast iron columns and timber floors. The office portion retains features such as the original joinery and a formal timber stair with turned balusters.

GATE, GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: chamfered gate-piers, iron lamp standard. Wrought iron gate. Sandstone dwarf wall with cast iron railings to void along NE elevation.