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Burt's Hotel, 2, 4, 6, 8 Market Square, Melrose

A Category B Listed Building in Melrose, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.5973 / 55°35'50"N

Longitude: -2.7204 / 2°43'13"W

OS Eastings: 354702

OS Northings: 633978

OS Grid: NT547339

Mapcode National: GBR 93FQ.VB

Mapcode Global: WH7WQ.5KVW

Plus Code: 9C7VH7WH+WR

Entry Name: Burt's Hotel, 2, 4, 6, 8 Market Square, Melrose

Listing Name: Market Square, (South Side) Burt's Hotel

Listing Date: 16 March 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382956

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37799

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200382956

Location: Melrose

County: Scottish Borders

Town: Melrose

Electoral Ward: Leaderdale and Melrose

Traditional County: Roxburghshire

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Description

East part, mid 18th century. West part: Later 18th century, originally has two separate buildings. East part: 3 bay, 2 storey and attic, harled with painted ashlar quoins and margins. Ground floor windows altered and door widened. 1st floor has keyblocked Venetian window with intersecting Gothick astragals at centre, central wall-head gable with

round-headed window at attic, gable is barge-boarded. Slated roof, harled rectangular end-stacks, straight skews. West part: 2 storey, 3 bay, harled, painted ashlar margins and quoins; ground floor: off-centre door with cornice over blocked as window, originally one of a pair, the door to the right has been entirely blocked and harled over. Slated roof, rectangular corniced end-stack to East.

Statement of Interest

Old photographs in the NMRS show that the central wall-head gable was originally surmounted by urns at the apex and angles. The front was formerly rendered in imitation channelled rustication. B Group.

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