Monk Coniston

This is a late 18th-century house with alterations and additions from the 19th century. The exterior is a combination of stucco and stone, covered by a slate roof. The house has two storeys and four bays; the central two bays project forward beneath a gable. Clasping buttresses are present on the ends, running up as square turrets with corbelled-out embattled parapets. Most windows are straight-headed and have label moulds with two Tudor-headed lights. Ground floor windows in the second, third and fourth bays have transoms, with the window in the third bay having a glazed entrance inserted below the transom; the first bay has a three-light window with cusped heads and no transom. The central first-floor windows have pointed heads with Y-tracery and hoodmoulds. All windows are sash windows, the first-floor windows having glazing bars.

The right return front has three bays with a projecting service bay to the right. A central canted bay features ashlar dressings and quoins, with end turrets echoing the design of the main house. The central bay has three Tudor arches on the ground floor and a two-light, four-pane, Tudor-headed window above, topped with a corbelled-out embattled parapet. Flanking bays have pointed sash windows. A top penthouse storey is slate-hung and gabled, with flanking stacks. The service wing has an embattled parapet, a window with a tripartite sash, and a gable-end rectangular bay window.

The left return front has a central entrance bay projecting forward, with four-light windows on the ground floor and three- and two-light windows on the first floor. The rear of the house features service wings flanking a bowed stair bay with a two-light pointed window, and includes some pointed sash windows. A wing parallel to the main range has two storeys with an attic and three bays, with windows featuring paired sash windows with glazing bars, a slate slab porch to the entrance, a door with nine fielded panels over a flush panel, gabled dormers with horizontally sliding sashes, and several stacks with pointed panels.

The interior includes an entrance hall with a gallery, and a passageway with Tudor arches supported by triple shafts. Rooms feature fireplaces; one has strapwork panels to the walls and ceiling, and another has ornamental shelves. The staircase has an arcaded balustrade with quatrefoil balusters and stained glass to the window. Some William Morris fabric is used on the walls of a small room. The property is owned by the National Trust.