The Manse, Crosshill, Chirnside

The Manse, in Crosshill, Chirnside, is a former manse dating from 1847. It may incorporate an earlier structure, rebuilt in 1757, with further improvements designed by the architect James Stevenson in 1874, alongside later additions and alterations. The building consists of a two-storey, three-bay classical main block, slightly advanced at the centre, with a lower two-storey, single-bay wing recessed to the right, and a single-storey garage block adjoined the rear.

The front, or south elevation, features steps leading to a timber-panelled front door with a border-glazed fanlight, set within a pilastered surround with a plain frieze and dentilled cornice. A single window sits above the door. Corniced tripartite windows with narrow side-lights are positioned at ground level in the recessed bays to the left and right, with single windows above. The recessed wing to the right shows a blocked round-arched window at ground level, with a window above.

The west elevation is two bays wide, featuring single windows at both floors in each bay, with some infilling at the first floor to the right. A coped rubble wall remains to the outer left, representing part of a previous structure. The blind side of the garage block abuts the left.

The rear, or north elevation, includes a large, round-arched stair window centrally placed on the main block. To the right, there are two small windows at both floors, while the garage block projects to the outer right. To the left of the centre, a ground-floor opening was originally a doorway, with an adjacent single window at both floors. A lower, piended block projects to the outer left, featuring a bipartite window at ground level.

The east elevation consists of a blind elevation on the recessed main block, alongside a projecting two-bay wing with single windows at both floors in each bay, with one blocked at ground level to the right.

The windows are timber sash and case with 4-, 8-, and 12-pane glazing, with some modern replacements at the rear. Small rooflights are present. The main block and lower wing have grey slate piended roofs, while the garage has a pitched grey slate roof. The building has coped and rendered wallhead stacks with circular cans, and cast-iron rainwater goods. The interior was not inspected in 1998.