Clydesdale Hotel, 13-15 Bloomgate, Lanark

Circa 1790 with earlier 19th century addition to the east.

Original building 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Stucco

with black painted plinth, window and angle margins.

Central door with projecting porch composed of 4 Roman

Doric columns and 2 pilasters supporting an entablature

and blocking course. Later infil between columns. Flanking

tripartites with narrow outer lights. Quadrapartites flank

single light central window in 1st floor. 2 later canted

and gabled dormers. Cornice at eaves. Straight skews to

west, end stacks, slate roof.

Eastern addition: 2 storeys and attic, 3 windows; advanced

to street. Stucco with painted flush margins. Cornice, 2

later canted and gabled dormers. Straight skews, end

stacks, slate roof.

Assembly Room 1828-9 at rear: 2 storeys. Rubble with

ashlar quoins and droved dressings; ground floor and

margins painted. Hall on 1st floor with 4 large sash

windows. Altered entrance at ground. Piended slate roof.

Interior: Square coffered ceiling, gallery at north with

iron balustrade supported on 2 pilasters.