What is recorded here
Venlaw Castle Hotel stands on Edinburgh Road in Peebles, carrying a medieval tower house beneath its twentieth-century hotel rooms and first World War hospital memories. The building has served soldiers, travellers and locals across centuries, changing shape while keeping its position beside the town. Its rooms may have held fever, celebration or ordinary rest, each era leaving a different mark on the same walls.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Peebles, Edinburgh Road, Venlaw Castle Hotel as Hospital (first World War), Hotel (20th Century), Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Venlaw Castle was originally a medieval tower house, later converted into a hotel in the 20th century, and used as a First World War hospital. It is remembered for its historical evolution and contribution to both military and civilian history in the Peebles area.
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