Description
Late 18th century, largely remodelled around 1900.Elevation to Market Place: two storey and attic, three bay, harled with ashlar dressings. Centre door with later 19th century shop-front to right, similar shop-front inserted around 1900 to left. The first floor's outer windows were enlarged to bipartites, the lintel to centre window (re-used) bears date and above this a mediaeval roof-boss from Melrose Abbey was inserted when the wall-head was raised around 1900. Three large cat-slide roofed dormers to attic. Slated roof, brick end-stacks.
The elevation to East Port incorporates at least two formerly separate properties, four bays wide, two storey and attic, gable over eastern bays, harled.
Statement of Interest
Photographs in the National Monuments Record of Scotland show original appearance of this building which was thatched. B Group with Market Square.
Statutory address changed from Market Square, (South Side) J G Lindsay and Sons and empty flats over to 32, 34 and 36 Market Square and 2, 4 and 6 East Port, Melrose and minor update to listed building record in 2024.
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County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)