Monktonhead House, Monkton

Monktonhead House is an Arts and Crafts villa dating from 1910-11, designed by James Miller. It is a two-storey building, roughly six bays wide, with an asymmetrical, gabled design. The lower level is rendered, while the upper storey is clad in red tile hanging. The roof has deep, bracketed eaves and decorative bargeboards. The building features quadripartite, tripartite, and bipartite window openings.

The northwest (entrance) elevation is asymmetrical. A full-height, half-timbered gabled porch is centrally advanced and features brick and timberwork on the ground level. The entrance has a Tudor arch, with a herringbone bond brick pattern set within timber panels, and a panelled, part-glazed timber door leads inside. A small oriel window sits in the gable above the porch. To the right of the porch is a half-timbered bay, and to the far right, an advanced gable with a prominent exposed brick chimney breast and stack, alongside a small window on the ground floor. A multi-pane stair window is to the left, followed by projecting double-gabled bays, and further to the left, an advanced bay with a lower outer bay.

The southeast (garden) elevation is largely symmetrical for the first four bays on the right, with advanced piended gables at the outer bays. A covered recessed terrace is at ground level, supported by square timber posts and a moulded cornice. A central four-light window opening and part-glazed timber entrance doors are situated to the right and left. The outer bays have canted four-light windows on the ground floor. A recessed bay is located on the far left, featuring canted five-light windows and a lower outer bay.

The windows are predominantly multi-pane timber casements, although some replacements are not traditional. The roof is piended, with some gabled bays, and covered with red roof tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods are in place. Prominent, tall, wallhead, and mid-roof brick stacks have deep, funnelled chimney heads.

The interior, partially viewed in 2012, retains its original layout and a fine decorative scheme with extensive timber panelling, particularly in the entrance and main hall. An open-well timber staircase features a barley-sugar twist balustrade and carved figurative newel posts, along with decorative plasterwork to ceilings, timber fire surrounds (one with surrounding timber panelling), and six-panel timber doors.

A well building is situated in the garden to the southwest, dated 1909. This is a cylindrical structure with a slated conical roof and a rectangular entrance. The well building is constructed of harled rubble with ashlar margins. A carved bee motif is above the entrance, accompanied by the motto "NON SIBI," and a circular window opening is located at the rear.