35 Back Row (former Volunteer Hall), Selkirk

The former volunteer hall was built in 1867 and is a single-storey, 3-bay, rectangular plan building set close to the road. The symmetrical, classically detailed frontage is of squared, pale grey whinstone with rusticated pilaster quoins and polished ashlar dressings while the side and rear elevations are of whinstone rubble. The glazed double door to the central bay has a classical doorpiece with a consoled pediment and the windows to either side have corniced architraves. Above the moulded cornice is a rectangular plaque, flanked by scrolled consoles and carved with 'Volunteer Hall' and dated to 1867. There is a coped chimney stack with a clay can at each of the front corners. The roof has a platform apex with grey slates and the windows and doors to the principal elevation have fixed, multi-pane glazing. There is a later metal and glazed entrance outshot (added circa 2000) and an earlier lean-to addition to the south elevation.

The interior was seen in 2016. The entrance has been remodelled for use as a community centre with a reception area, café and partitioned office space extending into the hall area. The hall has a king post trussed ceiling, with the timber arch braces supported on stone corbels, and each tie beam has two decorative timber bosses.