The Town House, 1 High Street, Markinch

The Town House, located at 1 High Street in Markinch, is an inn dating from the earlier to mid-19th century, with an extension added to the northeast after 1880. This two-storey building features a Doric columned doorcase and is constructed of harled and droved ashlar, with stone dressings, chamfered arrises, and stone mullions.

The east elevation facing High Street has a broad gable on the left side, which includes a two-leaf boarded timber door and a plate glass fanlight set within a corniced doorcase, flanked by Doric columns. Above this door is a window, and to the outer left, there is a full-height canted window in a bay. The right side of the elevation has windows on both floors, all of which are harled at the ground level. An advanced canted wing, added after 1880, is located on the outer right and features a bipartite window at the center, with additional windows on both floors to the right and left, and a door with a small adjacent window on the left return.

The south elevation has a timber door positioned left of center, with flanking windows on both floors. The building primarily features an 8-pane glazing pattern, with plate glass glazing in the canted wing, all set within timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slates, and it has coped ashlar stacks with polygonal cans, as well as ashlar coped skews topped with a decorative cast-iron finial.

Inside, the entrance hall showcases decorative plasterwork cornicing and a cast-iron barley-twist stair-rail with a timber handrail.