Hawick Cottage Hospital And Lamp Standard, Hawick

John McLachlan, 1884-5 with 1924 and mid 20th century extensions. 10-bay, linear-plan, gabled, former hospital block with 2-storey, 3-bay, gabled section to E end and later symmetrical, 5-bay addition to right with canted corner bays (now linked by later-20th-century addition). 4-bay, flat-roofed, later block to far W linked by mid 20th century bay. Single-storey pitched and piended ancillary wings to rear with some later flat-roofed extensions. Coursed, droved sandstone with stugged and polished ashlar chamfered margined window openings. Rendered in part to rear. Base course. Gables with curved decorative bargeboards and small gablets in between; canted projecting bay with balustraded stone balcony; hexagonal bay with conical roof adjoining 5-bay canted timber veranda.

Predominantly 6- over 2-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roofs with bracketed overhanging eaves and decorative timber bargeboards. Corniced sandstone gable and ridge stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: Fully tiled former operating theatre with granolithic floor. Plain timber banisters to narrow stairs.

FORMER X-RAY BLOCK: Piended-roofed rendered pavilion X-ray block to E with paired piended stone entrance bays to either side. Slate roof. Cast-iron gutters. Cast-iron lamp standard to front elevation.