Mains Of Brahan

Mains of Brahan is a building designed by David Aitken, constructed between 1787 and 1788. It features a clock dated 1788 and includes mid-19th century elements that incorporate earlier central features. The structure is a two-storey, seven-bay entrance block that was part of a former square, flanked by single-storey, three-bay wings. The exterior is made of sneck coursed rubble with tooled ashlar dressings.

The tall segmental-headed entrance is complemented by a round-headed window above, set within a shallow pediment. The flanking three-bay dwellings have central doors and taller ground floor windows, while the outer single-storey, three-bay piended wings feature wide round-headed entrances and windows.

At the center, there is an octagonal timber cupola resting on a square weather-boarded plinth, topped with a facetted domed slate roof and a gilded weather cock. The cupola has louvred round-headed arcaded openings, and the black-painted clock face displays gilded lettering on the south face, topped with a small segmental-headed pediment. The building has symmetrical ridge and end stacks, with slate roofs.