Monkton Cottage

Monkton Cottage is a house dating from the early 18th century, with alterations made in the early 20th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with freestone dressings and features a stone slate gambrel roof with three hipped dormers, along with moulded stacks at the gable ends and rear. The building has a two-unit through-passage plan and includes a single-storey service wing to the right.

The cottage stands two storeys high with an attic and was originally designed with a symmetrical three-window range, although a bay was added to the left in the early 20th century. There are also 19th and 20th-century extensions at the rear. The windows have cyma moulding and were heavily restored in the 20th century, featuring modern glazing. To the right, there is a three-light window with stone mullions, and above the planked door is a hood supported by brackets. The large two-storey bay to the left is canted to the right and has a cornice and parapet, with similar three-light stone-mullioned windows on the front and right slope.

Inside, a stone-flagged passage leads to the right where there are 20th-century stairs and a 19th-century door with margin panes leading to the rear extension. The room on the right features a chamfered beam and a chamfered Tudor arch above an open fire at the gable end. The room to the left, which includes the bay, dates from around 1920. On the first floor, there is an early 18th-century thin two-panelled door with a 19th-century lock and a 19th-century four-panelled door. The attic contains early 18th-century planked doors with chamfered rails and wrought-iron strap hinges, along with a plain fireplace to the right. The three-bay tie-beam roof has slightly chamfered trenched purlins, a ridge-in-notch, and sawn rafters. Some oak panelling, believed to be from Battle Abbey, has been repositioned on the ground floor.

Historically, Monkton Cottage was once part of the Monkton estate and served as the centre of a terrace of three houses, which have since been demolished, although their garden paths remain.