Description

Early 19th century. 3-storey and attic, 2-bay, traditional tenement and shop (now an inn) forming part of terrace, with pilastered shopfront and 2 large canted dormers. Ashlar-lined stucco to front; rendered to rear. Panelled stall risers; panelled fascia; 1st-floor band course; 1st-floor cill course; eaves cornice. Shopfront to right with fluted pilasters flanking central, recessed, multi-pane-glazed timber door and rectangular fanlight; stop-chamfered pilaster strips to outer edges; recessed, timber-boarded tenement door with rectangular fanlight to left.

Plate glass to shopfront; 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to 1st and 2nd floors. Grey slate roof with metal ridge. Ashlar-coped skews. Ashlar-coped, brick gablehead stack to N; ashlar-coped, rendered stack with circular buff clay cans to S. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

B-Group comprises Nos 4, 6, 8 and 10 High Street - see separate list entries (previously listed together). The grouping reflects the streetscape interest of this run of buildings.

A good, early-19th-century block situated at the heart of Hawick's High Street, and making a strong contribution to the streetscape. The upper windows are slightly offset to the right to place them over the well-detailed shopfront.

The building retains its original proportions, although archive photographs show that some fine details have been lost: a 1925 photograph shows that at that time the building was embellished with pediments above the first-floor windows and a decorative eaves frieze. Most of the glazing appears to be original, although the windows in the dormers are late 20th century. List description revised following resurvey (2008).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77781021

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)