Former Drill Hall, Princes Street

The former drill hall offices, designed by Ebenezer Simpson and built in 1892, are a two-storey, three-bay building in the Scottish Baronial style. It has undergone alterations at various times, including in 1911 and 1935. The listing excludes the hall at the rear.

Constructed from squared rubble with finely droved ashlar dressings, the building is prominently located at the upper end of Princes Street. The southwest entrance elevation features a crowstepped wallhead gable flanked by broad twin tourelles, with a moulded doorcase at the top of a short flight of steps. Above the doorcase is a carved panel set within an arched aedicule, displaying the carved letters '4 V B' for the 4th Volunteer Battalion, along with a crest of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, which includes a boar's head and a wild cat, and the letters 'D M F'. The triangular pediment above the central first-floor window is dated 1892. The tourelles have battered bases, and there is a cill course with carved water spout features and an eaves course. The window architraves are primarily chamfered, with the ground floor windows featuring two-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, while the first-floor windows have 16-pane glazing in the upper sash and a single pane in the lower sash. The roof is covered with grey slates and has corniced chimney stacks with red clay cans.

The interior, as seen in 2015, retains some late 19th-century details in the ground floor front rooms, including curved timber architraves with shutters and curved plaster cornices.