Monk End Hall

Monk End House is a historic building in Croft-on-Tees, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

The house, in 2018

In the Mediaeval period, a house on the site was owned by St Mary's Abbey, York.^[1] The current building may retain some 15th century material, but mainly dates from the early 18th century. At one time, the conservatory was used as a schoolroom. The house was grade II listed in 1968.^[2] In 2011, it was sold for £2.25 million, the most expensive property in the Darlington area between 2000 and 2024.^[3]

The house is built of brown brick, with a dentilled eaves course and a hipped Westmorland slate roof. There is a U-shaped plan, with a main range of three storeys and five bays. In the centre of the east front is a round-arched doorway with Roman Doric three-quarter columns with fluted capitals, an entablature with paterae, a fanlight with decorative glazing, and an open pediment. The windows are sashes with flat brick arches. At the rear is a chamfered mullioned basement window, and in the left return is a two-storey canted bay window.^[2][4]

See also

• Listed buildings in Croft-on-Tees

References

1. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. 1914. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
2. Historic England. "Monk End Hall (1131331)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
3. Burgess, Tom (10 March 2024). "Darlington's most expensive home sold since the millenium". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
4. Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.