Monksholme

Monksholme is a house that was formerly an inn, dated 1580 over the 19th-century front door, but it may actually date from the early 17th century. The building was altered in the 18th century and restored in 1891, which is noted by the date over the porch. It is constructed of rubble with large, roughly-shaped quoins and cut dressings, topped with a graduated stone slate roof. The building has an L-plan and consists of two storeys plus attics, with five slightly irregular bays.

The right-of-centre porch, added in 1891, features an elaborate studded door set under a flat-pointed arch, supported by a stone canopy on moulded corbels with carved heads. Above the porch is a two-light window. The flanking bays contain three-light mullioned and transomed windows, with hoodmoulds on the first floor. The attic features three-light windows with hoodmoulds in gabled dormers that have ornamental finials, while the end bays have single-light windows on the first floor. All windows are small-paned casements in recessed, chamfered surrounds, and were replaced in 1891, except for the first-floor window on the far right and the attic dormers. The gables are coped and have ornamental finials, and the end stacks are stepped and corniced, dating from 1891.

On the left side of the building, there are two two-light windows, with the right window dating from 1891. A rear wing, set forward to the left, has an altered 17th-century ground-floor window and an old chamfered light in the attic dormer.

Inside, the building was largely remodeled in 1891. The dining room features heavy transverse ceiling beams and joists with stopped chamfers, which are likely original. There is a blocked doorway with a chamfered surround and flat-pointed head leading to the rear wing. A central closed-string stair was added in 1891. On the first floor, an old two-light window opens into a small 19th-century extension. The main roof has old collar-beam trusses with applied 19th-century chamfers and minor Gothic details. The rear wing was formerly larger and has a barrel-vaulted cellar beneath the adjacent yard.