Markham Hall Markham Hall Cottage

Markham Hall and Markham Hall Cottage is a house that incorporates a cottage, originally a single house, dating from the early 18th century and refronted around 1770. It is built of red brick with light headers and features ashlar dressings. The roof is hipped and covered with slate. There are two outer red brick chimney stacks and a single central quadripartite red brick stack. The building has a moulded and painted cornice topped with a pediment over the slightly projecting central three bays, and it is set on a plinth.

The structure is two and a half storeys tall and consists of seven bays, with a painted sill band at the first floor. The central doorway has a painted ashlar surround and features a double panelled and part glazed door with a traceried fanlight. This doorway is flanked by single pilasters, each with a slightly projecting rectangular panel, which support an archivolt with a fluted keystone. The spandrels contain single paterae with an open pediment above. On either side of the door are three glazing bar sashes, all with flush wedge lintels and painted keystones. Above the door is a single central glazing bar sash set in a painted shouldered architrave with a fluted keystone and segmental pediment, with three similar sashes on either side, each with flush wedge lintels and painted keystones. The top floor has a single central smaller sash with a painted eared architrave and keystone, flanked by three similar sashes on each side, also with flush wedge lintels and painted keystones.

The west front facing the road shows evidence of an earlier build, set on a rubble plinth. To the right, there is a slightly projecting wing, from which a large early 19th-century bow with three glazing bar sashes projects. The rear of the building features two and a half storey, two storey, and single storey wings and extensions, including a single central Venetian stair light. Inside, there is a panelled entrance hall with a niche and fireplace, and the drawing room, which features a 19th-century bow, has Adam style decoration on the walls and ceiling. The property was purchased by the Kirke family in 1681 and was in the possession of the Cartwright family from 1780 to 1835.