Cross Keys Inn, Northgate, Peebles

Later 17th century, with many later small alterations and additions. Irregular 3-storey Z-plan hotel forming 2 sides of court to Northgate, completed by No 26. White painted harl and render with black painted ashlar margins.

U-PLAN TO NORTHGATE:

W ELEVATION: 3-bay. Left bay with window at ground, corbelled bipartite window at 1st floor, window breaking eaves with gabled dormerhead at 2nd floor. Right bays advanced with catslide roof; modern pedimented porch and door at centre, with datestone 1693 (former dormerhead?) above; window to left at ground; 2 windows at 1st floor; small box dormer to left. To left, small 2-storey 2-bay obscured range with door at ground and windows above. Projecting wings, single and 3-storey to S, single storey to N; gable ends with corbel skewputts, skews and finials (missing to N); 3 windows to S, bowed shop front to N

(No26). Further piend-roofed 2-storey single bay painted range to N with ashlar framing and cornice; large tripartite shop window at ground, large single window at 1st floor.

S ELEVATION (N RANGE): pair of bowed shop windows to left. Set back doors to hotel to right, in re-entrant angle.

N ELEVATION (S RANGE): 3-storey single bay to left with 3 windows at ground, 1 at 1st floor, 1 at 2nd floor breaking eaves with gabled dormerhead and finial. Single storey range to right with piend-roofed canted window and door.

R ELEVATION: 3-storey. Slightly advanced 2-bay gable to left. Projecting range to right (2-storey due to lie of land) with gable end; steps to full-height canted bay with crenellated parapet; 2-bay return to E. At centre, flat-roofed extension to left, door to right; window at 1st floor; 2nd floor windows breaking eaves with swept dormerheads; corbelled turret in re-entrant angle. Single storey single bay range to far right, adjoining rubble barn.

Timber sash and case windows, mostly 12-pane. Grey slates; initials W W and some decoration discernible to E; teracotta ridge tiles to main block. Coped skews, corbel skewputts. Coped rendered stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen 1994.