Bowmont Street

About Bowmont Street

Walk up Bowmont Street, named after the Marquis of Bowmont, one of the Duke of Roxburghe's titles, and you will come to the Kelso Public Library. The library dates from 1905 and is built in a Scottish Renaissance style, after a design by the renowned architects Peddie and Washington Browne. Large Jacobean windows light the reading room, and the interior has a spectacular trussed roof. Notice the wrought iron gateway and the finely carved stone panel over the entrance.