Monkton Isaf

Monkton Isaf is a three-unit, lobby-entry house with a rear wing, dating from the 16th century with later alterations. It is constructed of lime-washed rubble masonry under a slate roof, with rendered end stacks and a third stack to the left of centre. The front entrance is located to the left of centre, sheltered by a gabled porch. A six-panel door is set within the porch. The first floor has four windows evenly spaced to the right of the door and one to the left; these are small, two-light casements with long timber lintels. The ground floor mirrors the first floor with a window to the right-hand end, and a smaller window in the blocking of the original 16th-century entrance to the left of that. The front door is flanked by two horned sashes to the right and one to the left, with irregular panes. The west gable end is rendered and has no openings. The east gable end is distinguished by a large, corbelled stack, featuring six corbels approximately 1.5 metres above ground level. A 20th-century window is positioned to the right of the stack at first-floor level. The rear of the house features two first-floor windows to the right of the wing, both two-light casements, and a 20th-century ground-floor window to the left of the wing.

The rear wing is one-and-a-half storeys high, with a large end stack. A smaller range, a coal store, extends beyond the wing. A former large lean-to that used to extend to the east of the wing has been removed and replaced by a late 20th-century stone porch with a door in the north end. The west side of the wing has two small-pane, two-light casement windows, one above the other. A small square opening is visible in the north end of the coal store, protected by a timber lintel.

The original hall of the 16th-century house is located in the centre of the main range, with the outer room originally positioned to the east (now the kitchen). The hall retains a stone chimneypiece to the west, featuring a flat head and roll mouldings. A late 18th-century lobby entrance now fronts the hall. The opposite wall has been altered, containing a 20th-century fireplace and a small cupboard to its left, with a planked door. A straight staircase is positioned towards the left end of the wall, accessed from the north. An early doorway is situated at the right end of the wall, which would have led to the original 16th-century entrance, now blocked. The west unit reveals two reused deeply chamfered cross beams with fillet stops, alongside chamfered joists. The rear wing contains a fireplace at the north end, with a short timber lintel, and may have originally included an oven to its right. The beams in the rear wing are unchamfered.