Not far from the manor, stands the Whitehall Doocot, rectangular-planned, and two-chamber, with stone skews defining its mono-pitched roof.

Below Chirnside stands the estate of Whitehall, formerly with a Georgian manor house containing Palladian windows, which was a Listed Building.

The original Ninewells house was entirely rebuilt by William Burn in 1839–1841 for Elizabeth Hume in a Tudor style, but was demolished in 1954.

[2] In the 19th century it was described as 'a handsome Tudor edifice of 1840–41, successor to an older mansion, which was the boyish home, though not the birthplace, of the historian, and philosopher, David Hume (1711–76), and his occasional residence after his fame was won.

1864), holds 1,024 acres (4.14 km2) in the shire, valued at £2162 per annum' During World War Two it was designated as a hostel for Polish, and Eastern European displaced persons.

Chirnside Primary School, 1937, by architects Messrs Reid & Forbes, is set into a hillside, and being white, can be seen for miles around.

There was an earlier mill and house on the site, and the porter's lodge, now a store, is a Gothic octagonal single–storey–and–basement building which probably dates from this period.

The distinctive traditional dialect of the Scots language that is spoken in Chirnside was the subject of a study by Swiss dialectologist Paul Wettstein, published in 1942.

The local football team, Chirnside F.C., plays in the Border Amateur league, and appeared nine times in the Scottish Cup between 1935 and 1966.

[5] Chirnside is also the final resting place of Jim Clark, former world champion Formula One racing-car driver, who set up the Border Reivers (racing team).

Close to the churchyard in which Clark is buried, there is a memorial plaque and clock at the side of the main road through the village.