Markhams Court

Markhams Court is an early to mid-19th century warehouse, originally built as barracks for the Bucks Yeomanry. The building is constructed of yellow brick in a Flemish bond, with a hipped slate roof. It is a long, rectangular range with a stair and porch block attached to the right side. The main range is four storeys high and has 17 windows. The front of the building faces a yard to the north-east and features a large central doorway with double-leaf doors, a fanlight, and a round-arched head. Narrow windows with segmental-arched heads are present on the ground floor. Slightly wider windows with chamfered brick surrounds and round-arched heads are found on the first, second, and third floors. Windows on the ground and first floors, either side of the entrance bay, are set in giant recesses with round-arched heads. Pairs of windows above the doorway to the first, second, and third floors are slightly smaller and more closely spaced than the others. A horizontal storey band divides the front at the second-floor level. The second-floor windows are set in round arch-headed recesses. Chamfered brick eaves finish the building. A three-storey and attic stair block is situated at the right end, with a single-slope slate roof and paired round arch-headed windows. A two-storey porch projects in front of the stair block, featuring a flat roof, canted corners, a round-arched doorway on the ground floor, and a 12-pane sash window with a matching head on the first floor. A 4-panel door with a fanlight and round-arched head is located on the right side of the first floor. The interior contains stop-chamfered central open-well cantilevered stone stairs from the ground to the first floor, with similar stairs within the stair block to all floors. These stairs feature plain iron balustrades and handrails. Some original gun racks remain.