Farmhouse, Markle Mains

Markle Mains is an early 19th century farmhouse that incorporates earlier elements. It is a two-storey, three-bay building, originally an 18th century house that was enlarged and reoriented in the early 19th century. The exterior is constructed of squared whinstone rubble with stugged dressings and an eaves course, while the sides and rear are made of random rubble.

The main entrance is located at the center, featuring raised architraves and a bracketed cornice. There are windows flanking the entrance on the ground floor and three smaller windows on the first floor. The original farmhouse is located at the rear, with an entrance through a later gabled porch and windows flanking the ground floor. The first floor has two widely spaced windows positioned high under the eaves, and the gable ends display an irregular window pattern. The sash and case windows have a 12-pane glazing pattern.

The roof of the earlier house has a steep pitch and is covered with grey tiles, featuring a small skylight. The straight skews lead to ashlar coped stacks, with the straight skews continuing as a base course to the broad corniced ashlar stacks in the later range. The property is also defined by rubble coped retaining walls, square ashlar gatepiers to the northwest with pyramidal caps, and wrought-iron gates with cast-iron finials.