21 Main Street, Temple

21 Main Street in Temple is a house dating from 1760. It is a two-storey, three-bay building with a traditional rectangular plan and a later addition at the rear. The exterior is constructed from tooled sandstone rubble with broached dressings, featuring long and short dressings and quoins.

The west elevation is symmetrical, with a central doorway that has a relieving arch. Above the door is a tooled lintel inscribed with "TB 1760," along with a carved setsquare and pair of compasses, symbols of a mason. The door has been replaced with a timber version that includes a glazed panel, and there are windows in the flanking bays. The first floor has regular fenestration.

The south elevation is obscured by an adjoining cottage. The east elevation was not visible in 1998. The north elevation is asymmetrical, featuring a single window off-centre to the left on the first floor. There is a 19th-century tooled addition on the outer left, which has a single window off-centre to the right on the ground floor.

The ground floor windows are 12-pane timber sash and case, while the first floor windows are 4-pane timber sash and case. The roof is covered with grey slate and has a lead ridge, stone skews, and coped tooled gablehead stacks with circular cans. The building also features cast iron rainwater goods.