Boston Church and Offices, High Street, Jedburgh

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 23/03/1993 Supplementary Information Updated 11/03/2016 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Burgh Jedburgh NGR NT 65159 20740 Coordinates 365159, 620740 — 1818, addition to north circa 1900, and later additions and alterations. 2-storey 5-bay hall church set back from High Street, with smaller 2-storey 3-bay church officer s house north. Round-arched windows. Cornices. MAIN HALL: WEST (HIGH STREET) ELEVATION: narrow courses of stugged cream ashlar sandstone; polished dressings (painted); round-headed windows; cills; base course. 3 pilastered doorcases in centre and outer bays; 2-leaf door with 4-pane rectangular fanlights (centre 1 filled); windows above. Intermediate bays with tall windows spanning floor. Cornice. Panel with plaque above central door FIRST ERECTED 1757 REBUILT 1818.Return and rear elevations of rubble with various later additions at ground; windows as above; 2 small upper windows to side; 4 large central windows to rear.Windows with timber lying-pane and Y-tracery glazing. Piended roof; grey slates. No apparent chimney stacks. OFFICES:WEST (HIGH STREET) ELEVATION: single storey stugged cream ashlar 3-bay block to north later raised to 2-storey; door in round-headed opening to right, with additional closet window to left; later additional storey rendered and lined as ashlar with square windows, that to left bipartite.Rear elevation much altered; rubble at ground, rendered above.Timber sash and case 12-pane windows; Georgian pattern. Flat roof. INTERIOR: completely altered in conversion to social club. BOUNDARY WALLS, PIERS AND RAILINGS: north half of forecourt enclosed by low stugged ashlar wall with saddleback coping; pair of square piers with very flat pyramidal ashlar caps. Cast iron railings. —

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.