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Farmhouse, Markle Mains

A Category B Listed Building in Dunbar and East Linton, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9879 / 55°59'16"N

Longitude: -2.7007 / 2°42'2"W

OS Eastings: 356385

OS Northings: 677438

OS Grid: NT563774

Mapcode National: GBR 2V.VR7K

Mapcode Global: WH7TS.HR6G

Plus Code: 9C7VX7QX+5P

Entry Name: Farmhouse, Markle Mains

Listing Name: Markle Mains Farmhouse with Retaining Walls, Gatepiers and Wrought-Iron Gates

Listing Date: 2 May 1990

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347849

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14497

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200347849

Location: Prestonkirk

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Dunbar and East Linton

Parish: Prestonkirk

Traditional County: East Lothian

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Description

Early 19th century incorporating earlier fabric. 2-
storey, 3-bay farmhouse; double-pile, 18th century house
enlarged and re-orientated in early 19th century.
Squared whinstone rubble, stugged dressings, eaves
course. Random rubble sides and rear.
Door to centre, raised architraves and bracketted
cornice. Windows flanking at ground. 3 smaller windows
at 1st floor.
Original farmhouse to rear; entrance through later
gabled porch, windows flanking at ground. 2 widely
spaced windows at 1st floor, high under eaves.
Irregular window pattern to gable ends. 12-pane glazing
pattern to sash and case windows.
Steep pitch to roof of earlier house, grey tiles, small
skylight. Straight skews, ashlar coped stacks. Straight
skews continued as base course to broad corniced ashlar
stacks in later range.
Rubble coped retaining walls, square ashlar gatepiers to
NW with pyramidal caps, wrought-iron gates with
cast-iron finials.

Statement of Interest

Farmhouse originally overlooked steading. Steading

listed separately.

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