County Offices, 14 Newtown Street, Duns

The County Offices at 14 Newtown Street in Duns is an earlier 19th-century, two-storey, five-bay classical villa constructed from polished cream ashlar sandstone.

The south elevation features a base course and cill courses on both floors, along with a projecting dentilled cornice and a slightly raised blocking course at the center. There are two steps leading up to a central Tuscan portico, which has a pair of columns and attached pilasters. The entrance includes a panelled two-leaf door topped by a two-pane rectangular fanlight. The windows are arranged in a regular pattern. To the left, there is a recessed single-storey flat-roofed bay that adjoins the neighboring building.

The east elevation is made of coursed stugged sandstone and includes a projecting closet on the right at ground level, with a single window at the center of the first floor. A wallhead stack is also present.

The north elevation is constructed from squared, snecked, and stugged sandstone, featuring four irregular bays. A stair window is located at the center, with a projecting piend-roofed porch below.

The building has twelve horizontal-pane timber sash and case windows, a piended roof covered with grey slates, and corniced shouldered ashlar stacks with chamfered reveals. The interior has been converted to offices.

In addition, there are gatepiers and railings at the east side, consisting of a pair of square ashlar corniced gatepiers with base courses and flat pyramidal caps, along with wrought iron gates and railings.