On 4 October 1894 Andrew Carnegie visited Jedburgh and gave a speech about the new library which he had funded in the town’s High Street. This library however proved inadequate and a new library was constructed on Castlegate where the Nag’s Head Inn had stood. The new “Carnegie Library” was fronted by the town’s arms and above the porch was the message “Let There be Light”. The building was designed by Sir George Washington Browne and it formally opened on 24 May 1900 with Andrew Carnegie once more in attendance. It was designed to hold 12,000 books and 59 readers and rooms were set aside above for meetings and a museum. The building in now listed at Category B. (taken from Wikipedia).
The library was closed down and relocated to Jedburgh Grammar School in 2019 where it currently resides. The old site has remained empty every since and it was placed on the market by Scottish Borders Council in May 2025.