Newgate, Abbey Place, Jedburgh

Newgate, located at Abbey Place in Jedburgh, is a gatehouse built in 1755 and completed in 1791. It features a pend that runs through the structure, topped by a square tower and spire.

The gatehouse is finished in cream painted harl with white painted smooth margins and cills. The upper section of the central bay, which forms the base of the tower, has long and short channelled quoins on the east side and ends with a band course at the base of the clock tower.

On the north elevation, the building is three stories high and has three bays. There is a segmental-arched entrance to the pend at the slightly recessed center, with a plaque above it that reads "NEWGATE 1755." Above the plaque is a panel featuring a shield with a mounted knight, the town motto "STRENUE ET PROSPERE," and the date 1720. A small square window is located on the third story. The flanking bays include a left bay with a piend roof, a tiny vent for a prison cell at ground level, a rectangular window on the first floor, and a square window above under the eaves. To the right is a blank four-story bay that adjoins the courthouse, featuring a pitched roof, a punched blind opening at ground level, and a vent above.

The east elevation is mostly blank except for a corniced door on the right at the first floor, which is accessed by a forestair made of slender iron columns and stone steps with arrowhead railings. There is a wallhead stack present.

The south elevation mirrors the north elevation, with a central recessed bay that has an arched entrance to the pend and two windows above. To the right, there is a vent at ground level and a very tall window above. To the left, there is a punched ventilator opening at ground level and a vent above, similar to the north elevation, along with single windows on the two upper floors. At the far left, there is a recessed link to the courthouse.

The windows throughout the building are multi-pane timber sash and case. The east side has a piend roof, while the west side has a pitched roof, both covered in grey slates.

The tower consists of two square stages rendered to resemble ashlar, topped by an ashlar spire. All faces of the tower are identical. The first stage is taller and features a round-headed louvred belfry window and a cornice. The second stage is set back and has a pedimented central bay that is flush with the lower stage and contains a round clock. Above is a shallow ashlar dome that supports an octagonal spire, topped with a wrought-iron weather-vane shaped like a cockerel. The south face of the first stage has a date panel reading 1791.

Inside, the pend is joisted rather than vaulted. There is a vaulted rubble cell to the east and another cell to the west. The west bay has been incorporated into the courthouse.