peebles for pleasure

Another view of the High Street, this time the south side of the street. The grand building to the left is the Chambers Institution, formerly the Dean's House, elaborately renovated and given to the town by William Chambers, a son of Peebles, who made his name in the printing and publishing trades in Edinburgh; the publication of the Chambers dictionary and becoming the lord provost (mayor in England) of the Edinburgh city council in the 19th century. The building now houses the library, art gallery and museum as well as a large hall used for concerts, exhibitions and fairs, as well as regular coffee mornings throughout the year to raise funds for one thing or another.
Next door in the building with the two arch ways was the old Town House and Corn Exchange, later variously having been used as fire station and then shops.
Two buildings to the right is the County Hotel, once the Harrow Inn and coaching point, and further along still, the creamy coloured gable indicates the courtyard of the Tontine Hotel. The hotel itself is set back from the line of the buildings, behind its courtyard for coach and horses to deliver its guests to the door in the days when cars were not even contemplated.
Beyond the Tontine the buildings are not especially noteworthy till the end of the street where the tall gable at the right of the photo marks the bookshop Whitie's, which I have talked about before.