A house, bakery range and coach house preserve another part of the prosperous Kirkgate concern that combined brewing, malting and bread production.
Quick facts
- Date
- Later eighteenth century, with subsequent additions
- Architect / designer
- Designer and builders not recorded
- Type
- House with former bakery range, coach house and ancillary structures
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB46345)
- OS grid reference
- NT 86921 56080
Architecture and continuing use
The two-storey three-bay house is built in harl-pointed red sandstone with a gabled rear addition. Attached on the sloping site, the former bakery is a long single-storey-and-attic range; differing masonry suggests that its attic was added later. A piended-roof coach house survives to the south.
Its story
The complex was associated with the wealthy publican based at Brewery House. The Old Statistical Account described major investment in buildings for a brewery, malting and joined bakery, followed by wide sales of ale and wheat bread. Later additions adapted both the house and working range.
Why it is included
It preserves production fabric that gives physical substance to written accounts of Chirnside’s late eighteenth-century economy.
What to notice
- Differences in masonry between phases of the bakery range.
- The relationship between house, workshop and coach house.
- How the sloping site shapes the attic level.
Reading the surroundings
View from public space without entering yards or ancillary buildings. Historic commercial use does not establish current business access.
Timeline
- Late 18th century The house and bakery formed part of the Kirkgate production complex.
- 19th century An attic storey and other additions enlarged the working accommodation.
- 1999 The surviving house, bakery and ancillary fabric entered the statutory list.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The exact dates and functions of individual additions are not documented, and no current bakery operation is asserted.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: The Old Bakery, Chirnside, LB46345 — Current designation status, statutory identity, official mapped point, date, fabric and significance.
- Scottish Borders Council: Chirnside Community Council — Current local-government directory evidence for Chirnside and its community representation.
- Trove: The Old Bakery — National collection entry corroborating the designation identity, mapped location and related archive material.
- National Library of Scotland: georeferenced historic maps — Historic-map comparison for the building, street pattern and surrounding settlement; map dates and layers should be checked individually.
Location
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