Holland And Sherry's Warehouse And Offices, 1 Venlaw Road, Peebles

Dated 1883, with extensions in 1897 and 1910, Holland and Sherry's Warehouse and Offices is a large, two-storey office and warehouse complex with a raised basement and a single-storey rear section, set on a Z-plan. The principal elevations are constructed from coursed, bull-faced cream sandstone with ashlar dressings, while the rear features cast stone. Base and cill courses run throughout.

The east block forms an L-shape. The entrance elevation, facing east, is symmetrical with three stories and three bays, and features a piend roof. It is built with stugged ashlar, long and short quoins, a cornice, and stop-chamfered arrises. The central bay is recessed, housing a tripartite doorpiece with a shouldered doorway and consoled pediment, and tripartite windows to the upper floors. Flanking bays feature hoodmoulded tripartite windows at ground level, and bipartite windows above. The second floor windows are situated under the eaves, with bracketed cills and consoled pediments. Single bays return on each side, displaying a tripartite window at ground level and bipartite windows above.

The south elevation showcases the end bay of the entrance pavilion to the right, followed by seven symmetrical bays with single and bipartite windows. A later block, four bays by five, is situated at the southwest corner.

The north elevation features the end bay of the entrance pavilion to the left, and seven symmetrical bays to the right. A centre bay is slightly advanced and gabled, featuring bipartite windows (round-headed at the first floor), an oculus in the gablehead, and an apex stack. Flanking bays incorporate bipartite, single, and bipartite windows. The ground floor projects into the re-entrant angle.

A set-back western range features five symmetrical bays with bipartite windows and an archway at the centre. To the right is a gabled bay with a hoodmould, a panel in the gablehead, and kneeler skews. A two-bay return displays single windows.

A north range, added in 1910, comprises a three-bay link to the western range with a single, bipartite, and single window configuration. An ashlar, octagonal corner tower rises from the basement, featuring cornice courses, an ogee roof, and a finial. A single window is present on each face of the tower. Eleven symmetrical bays extend northwards, with a slightly advanced, gabled centre bay featuring tripartite windows, a panel in the gablehead, and kneeler skews. Flanking bays alternate between segmental-head single windows and rectangular bipartite windows. A three-bay return at the northwest features bipartite windows flanking a tripartite window. The rear (west) elevation is plainer but similarly styled, with a series of gabled and piend roofs.

The windows are timber sash and case with six panes, and the roof is covered with purple-grey slates.

The interior includes an encaustic tiled vestibule and a timber stair baluster. Timber floors are supported by cast-iron columns with acanthus leaf capitals. Elaborate stencilled decoration is now painted over. A four-bay shed was originally used for examination, dispatch, and shipping. Original features include doors, toilets, and a lift.

Rubble boundary walls with saddleback ashlar coping and railings enclose the site.