Monks Hollow

Monk's Hollow is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of plastered cob and features a thatched roof with gabled and half-hipped ends, while the south pitch has been re-clad in cedar shingles. The house has axial and gable-end stacks with tall brick shafts.

The layout consists of a three-room and through-passage plan, with a large inner room to the east that contains a kitchen fireplace in the gable-end stack. The central hall has a fireplace in the axial stack, which backs onto a wide through-passage that is now blocked at the rear and features a staircase at the back. The lower west end room was incorporated into an outbuilding wing extending to the rear, which has now been converted into living space. The kitchen appears to have been relocated to the inner room.

The exterior is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical four-window south front, featuring 20th-century two-, three-, and four-light casements with leaded panes. The hall window has been replaced by a 20th-century French window accessed by steps. The through-passage doorway is located to the left of centre and has a 20th-century door. The rear, facing the road, has four 19th-century three-light casements with glazing bars and a tall 20th-century lancet window for the staircase on the right, along with a projecting wing on the right that has a half-hipped end.

Inside, the inner room showcases a chamfered cross-beam with run-out stops, exposed unchamfered joists, and a large fireplace with a chamfered timber bressumer featuring run-out stops and a brick oven. The partition between the inner room and hall has been replaced. The hall contains replaced axial beams and a fireplace with a chamfered timber bressumer that has a mason's mitre to the chamfered timber jamb on the right, while the left jamb has been replaced. The wide through-passage is blocked at the rear and has 20th-century stairs. The lower west end room has been remodelled, and some old plank doors remain on the first floor. The roof is ceiled, but the straight principals are exposed, and the roof trusses of the rear wing have principals crossed at the apex. Despite the alterations, the north elevation of this 17th-century house is largely unaffected by 20th-century changes.