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Latitude: 55.7768 / 55°46'36"N
Longitude: -2.3421 / 2°20'31"W
OS Eastings: 378637
OS Northings: 653773
OS Grid: NT786537
Mapcode National: GBR D12N.Q0
Mapcode Global: WH8X7.Z2W7
Plus Code: 9C7VQMG5+P5
Entry Name: Barniken Hotel, 18 Murray Street, Duns
Listing Name: 18 Murray Street, Barniken Hotel with Boundary Wall and Gatepiers
Listing Date: 9 June 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 363185
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26547
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Duns, 18 Murray Street, Barniken Hotel
ID on this website: 200363185
Location: Duns
County: Scottish Borders
Town: Duns
Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire
Traditional County: Berwickshire
Tagged with: Hotel
Earlier 19th century with later alterations. 2-storey 3-bay classical villa. Polished cream sandstone ashlar front, dressed rubble to sides and rear.
NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: base course, panelled corner pilasters, cornice and low parapet. Centre bay slightly advanced, Tuscan doorpiece with ? engaged columns flanks segmental-headed doorway; deep-set 2-leaf fielded panelled door and etched glass inner door; segmental umbrella fanlight; window at 1st floor. Flanking bays with later canted windows with cornice and blocking courses at ground, windows to 1st floor.
NW ELEVATION: 2-bay; blank at ground, windows to 1st floor, that to right blind; wallhead stack at centre. Garages adgoined at ground to right.
SW (REAR) ELEVATION: 2 lower projecting 2-storey bays at centre, that to left with window at 1st floor. Modern lean-to conservatory with corrugated roof at ground.
SE ELEVATION: lower set back bay to left with windows to both floors; main block to right with door at ground and window at 1st floor to left; wallhead stack at centre.
12-pane timber sash and case windows (plate glass to canted windows). Piended roofs; grey slates; corniced ashlar stacks with octagonal cans.
INTERIOR: converted to hotel use.
BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: rubble wall with saddleback ashlar coping; pair of square ashlar gatepiers with stepped pyramidal caps and stop-chamfered arrises.
The old coach house, which has been converted to a separate residence, adjoins the property to N of the garages. The framing panelled pilasters on the entrance front can be seen on several buildings of this date in Duns, (see Maryfield, Murray Street), and may relate to James Burn of Haddington.
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