40 East High Street, Lauder

Mid 19th century with late 19th century addition. Single storey and attic double-fronted rectangular-plan grieve's cottage with single storey wing comprising former bothies (into which it extends) and walled yard bounded by short later wing at right angles to bothy wing, to rear/SW. Crow-stepped gables to grieve's cottage. Principal (NE) elevation of grieve's cottage of coursed stugged whinstone; later wing and principal (NW) elevation of bothy wing of coursed whinstone rubble; whinstone rubble elsewhere; red sandstone ashlar dressings (droved apart from those to later addition). Quoins to arrises of grieve's house and later wing; lugged architraved openings with rectangular panel at head to openings throughout; projecting cills to windows.

NE (HIGH STREET) ELEVATION: symmetrical arrangement to grieve's house. 1 and a half-storey entrance porch with crow-stepped gables to centre; boarded timber door with 4-pane rectangular fanlight; narrow dormer window above. Flanking windows to ground floor.

NW ELEVATION: gable end of grieve's house projects forward to left; narrow window to right of ground floor; narrow attic window to gable. 10-bay principal elevation of bothy wing set back to right; entrance with boarded timber door and 2-pane overlight to 2nd bay; flanking windows; that to left inserted; all now part of grieve's house. Entrances with boarded timber doors to 5th, 7th and 9th bays; each with window to left. Entrance with boarded timber door to outer right bay.

SE ELEVATION: gable end of grieve's house with narrow attic window projects forward to right; yard wall with rounded concrete coping connects it to gable end of later addition to left; entrance with window to left to right return; window to left return. Rear of bothy wing has single window set back in between gable ends and entrance with 2 windows to right (that to left has louvred vents) set back to outer left.

SW ELEVATION: gable end of bothy wing adjoins barn of contemporary and slightly later date.

Mainly multi-pane timber casement windows. Grey slate roofs. Flanking coped gablehead stacks to either side of grieve's house; that to N surmounted by tall later brick stack; 2 coped red sandstone ridge stacks and later tall yellow brick wallhead stack to outer left bay of SE elevation to bothy wing; ridge stack to later addition; round cans where in existence.

INTERIORS: bothy wing has been adapted for farm use. Grieve's house not inspected internally.