Monkton Barns Quay Farmhouse

Monkton Barns Quay Farmhouse is a house dating from around 1811, constructed of gault brick that encases an earlier timber-framed building. It features a double range of red plain tiled roofs and a rear lean-to. The house has external plastered chimney stacks on the left and right ends. It stands two storeys high and has a four-window range of vertically sliding sashes with gauged brick arches. There are three tie plates visible on the exterior.

At the rear, there is a brewhouse/wash house that includes a basement and an intact copper. Inside the front range, there is a large chimney stack with a 20th-century fireplace. The interior also boasts a stick baluster staircase, moulded door surrounds, and wainscoting. Some elements of the original timber framing, such as the ground cill, top plate, and certain wall studs, can be seen beneath modern decorations, along with a moulded bridging joist.

The house contains several cast iron fire surrounds from the 18th and 19th centuries, including one with a mantel shelf, another with a Tudor head, moulded spandrels, and jamb shafts, as well as a small bedroom hob grate with a semi-circular head and a moulded hob grate. The doors are vertically boarded and retain their original hinges. The first-floor ceiling joists exhibit soffit tenons with diminished haunches and carpenter's marks.

Notably, the island had no fresh water supply until recently, and there is now a small header tank from the roof with a supply tap. The kitchen floor is made of stone flags. A note in the Parish Register by the curate Thomas Ellwood states that in August 1811, Mr. Lodwick's brick cottages, known as Quay Farm or Monkton Barns, were begun. These cottages were later converted into a single dwelling in the 20th century. Historical records indicate that on 20th November 1594, Lord Rich purchased land from Henry Coney known as "Maunkyinge Barn alias Monkon Barne." A 1577 Terrier shows that the tenant at Monk Barn was the widow of William Lawson, paying a yearly rent of £13.13.4d.