The Port House stands at 11 Exchange Street in the center of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. James Pearson Alison designed it for the Jedburgh Co-operative Store Company, which was founded in 1866. The building was completed in 1900. The co-operative had already traded from the Port House by 1877. The article does not give an opening date.
The facade is cream sandstone, and the article calls its style Neo-Renaissance. Four columns divide it into three bays. Inscriptions read Established Anno 1866, Strenu et Prospere, and Erected Anno 1900. Large windows, set in curtain walls on a metal frame, were meant to light the workrooms.
The main building has two stories and about 8,000 square feet, with a three-story warehouse at the rear. Historic Environment Scotland lists it as Category A, designated on March 23, 1993.
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