Monkstone Farmhouse

Farmhouse. It likely dates to the 16th century, with alterations in the 20th century. The farmhouse is constructed of stone rubble, partly rendered and whitewashed, with a bitumen-painted slate roof gabled at each end. It has a stone chimney with a moulded cap to the left gable end, a rendered chimney to the right end of the two-story build, and a brick chimney to the rear addition. The development of the farmhouse is complex. The original plan may have been three rooms with a through or cross passage, with a stack backing onto the passage, heating the inner room. The lower end and passage are now largely dismantled and single-story. The hall appears to have been extended forward as a gabled projection. A circa 19th-century rear wing completes the current cross-shaped plan. A small projection under a catslide roof to the rear of the hall may have been a stair turret. The building is two stories high at the higher end, and single-story at the lower end. The two-story block has a two-window front, with a 20th-century glazed porch and front door into the front projection. A ground floor window is present on the left, with a 20th-century drip ledge. A ground floor window in the front projection is a 3-light 20th-century casement with 3 panes per light, under a timber lintel. A first floor window on the left is a 2-light 20th-century casement with 4 panes per light. A first floor window in the front projection is a 20th-century casement under a longer timber lintel. A pair of small chamfered slit lancet windows in one stone in the right return of the front projection were likely a former stair light, and have been re-sited. Inside, the former hall features a large 16th-century fireplace with a chamfered granite lintel supported on granite corbels with curved ends, similar to those found at East Liddaton and Perry Ash. There are also two chamfered cross beams with pyramid stops. A blocked doorway to the inner room has a segmental stone arch. The roof was not inspected.