Monksholme

CORBRIDGE MAIN STREET NY 9964 (East end)

22/159 Monksholme (previously listed at Monksholme 20.10.52 Christian Community House)

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House, formerly Inn. Dated 1580 over C19 front door but may be early C17; altered C18 and restored 1891 (date over porch). Rubble with large roughly- shaped quoins, cut dressings; graduated stone slate roof. L-plan. 2 storeys + attics, 5 bays, slightly irregular. Right-of-centre 1891 porch has elaborate studded door under flat-pointed arch, with stone canopy on moulded corbels with carved heads, 2-light window above. Flanking bays have 3-light mullioned-and- transomed windows, those on 1st floor with hoodmoulds. 3-light attic windows with hoodmoulds in gabled dormers with ornamental finials; end bays have single- light 1st floor windows. All windows small-paned casements in recessed, chamfered surrounds, and are 1891 replacements of sashes, except for 1st floor far right and attic dormers. Coped gables with ornamental finials; 1891 stepped-and-corniced end stacks.

Left return shows two 2-light windows (that to right 1891) and, set forward to left, rear wing with altered C17 ground-floor window, and old chamfered light in attic dormer.

Interior largely remodelled 1891. Heavy transverse ceiling beams and joists with stopped chamfers, probably original, in dining room. Blocked doorway, with chamfered surround and flat-pointed head, leads to rear wing. Central closed- string stair of 1891. At 1st floor level old 2-light window opens into small C19 extension. Main roof has old collar-beam trusses with applied C19 chamfers and minor Gothic detail. Rear wing formerly of greater extent; barrel-vaulted cellar beneath adjacent yard.

Listing NGR: NY9915064298