Monktonhead House, Monkton

James Miller, 1910-11. 2-storey, roughly 6-bay, asymmetric, gabled Arts and Crafts villa with half-timbered, gabled entrance porch and prominent chimney stacks. Render to ground, hanging red tiles to upper storey. Deep bracketed eaves; bargeboards. Quadripartite, tripartite and bipartite window openings.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: asymmetrical. Off-centre, advanced, full-height, half-timbered gabled entrance porch; brick and timber to ground. Tudor-arched entrance opening; herringbone bond brick pattern set in timber panels to sides; panelled, part-glazed timber entrance door to interior. Small oriel window to gable above. Half-timbered bay to right; advanced gable to far right with exposed brick chimney breast and stack; small window to ground. Multi-pane stair window to left; projecting double-gabled bays to further left; advanced further bay to far left with lower outer bay.

SE (GARDEN) ELEVATION: largely symmetrical to 4 bays at right with advanced piended gables at outer bays. Covered recessed terrace at ground with square timber posts and moulded cornice; central 4-light window opening; part-glazed timber entrance doors to right and left. Outer bays with canted 4-light windows to ground. Recessed bay to far left with canted 5-light windows and lower outer bay.

Predominantly multi-pane timber casement windows; some non-traditional replacements. Piended roof; some gabled bays; red roof tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Prominent, tall, wallhead, and mid-roof brick stacks with deep, funnelled chimney heads.

INTERIOR: (partially seen, 2012). Original layout to house largely extant. Fine decorative scheme with extensive timber panelling. Timber panelling to entrance and main hall. Open-well timber staircase with barley-sugar twist balusters and carved figurative newel. Some decorative plasterwork to ceilings; timber fire surrounds; one with surrounding timber panelling. 6-panel timber doors.

WELL BUILDING IN GARDEN: TO SW: Dated 1909. Cylindrical building with slated conical roof and rectangular entrance. Harled rubble with ashlar margins. Carved bee motif above entrance with motto NON SIBI. Circular window opening to rear.