Monmouth Cap Farmhouse

Monmouth Cap Farmhouse is a 17th-century building constructed from rubble stone, featuring 20th-century composition tiles on the roof. The east front is one-and-a-half storeys high and has a symmetrical appearance. The upper floor includes three gabled dormers, each fitted with 2+2 pane casement windows. On the ground floor, there is a central doorway flanked by two transom windows on each side. The window opening on the far right has chamfered stone dressings, a stone sill, and a late 17th-century two-light transom, while the other transoms are 20th-century replacements. A continuous string course runs above the ground-floor window lintels across the facade. The entrance doorway features a chamfered wooden surround and a boarded door with two panes in the door-head. There is a small open porch with a stone slab hood supported by slender posts with roll-moulding at the angles. The entrance is flanked by two transom windows on each side, with the far-right transom having chamfered stone jambs. The east gable has a projecting stone stack with offsets and a small 20th-century single-storey addition. The north gable features a 2+2 pane casement window with a dripstone and a 6+6 pane casement window with cambered voussoirs and a stone sill.

The farmhouse has a three-unit plan. Entering through the centre room, transverse timber-framed partitions are visible on each side, comprising two tiers of large square panels, some of which have been repaired. The ground floor includes three chamfered ceiling beams with Wern-hir (hollow and fillet) stops. The room to the right of the entry has a 17th-century transom window with a moulded surround and panelled shutters. On the first floor, an inserted doorway cuts through the tie beam of the roof truss. The roof consists of three bays with collar and tie beam trusses, V-struts above the collar, trenched purlins, and a ridge purlin. Many of the roof timbers are reused, with one showing mortices for a four-light diamond mullion window, suggesting they may originate from a 16th-century house.