Monkton is a heritage-listed timber-framed domestic house at 7 Ardoyne Road, Corinda, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

It has a symmetrical front that comprises double-sided gables that face the road on both sides of a projecting porch.

Monkton has been described as having a focus on utility and comfort, which she credits as attributes of Mottram's early work.

All rooms in Monkton have walls lined with v-jointed boards and ceilings of fiber-cement with cover strips.

Monkton is a timber-framed house of modest proportions located in Brisbane's leafy south-west suburbs.

It has a symmetrical street-facing façade, carefully detailed interiors and overlooks the Brisbane River to Fig Tree Pocket.

[1] It was not until April 1924 that a woman architect opened her own practice in Brisbane, when Elina Mottram established her office in the T&G Building on the corner of Queen and Albert Streets.

The Architectural Building Journal of Queensland announced that "Brisbane has at last a lady architect...we trust that she will get her fair share of public support".

She was employed as a draftswoman with the American Army Engineering Office in North Rockhampton in the Second World War.

Other residential commissions by Mottram, included a two-storeyed block of flats in Scott Street at Kangaroo Point c. 1925 (Scott Street Flats), a Tudor Revival residence for Zina Cumbrae-Stewart overlooking the river, and a residence for Mrs Thurlby on the corner of Winchester and Hants Roads, Ascot (now demolished).

Of all the buildings designed by early women architects in Queensland (i.e. those practising before World War II) only three survive in Brisbane - Nellie McCredie's house at Wilston (Uanda), the Scott Street Flats and Monkton.

"[1]McKay describes a focus on comfort, simplicity and utility with attractive bay windows and ample storage, as attributes of Mottram's early work, including Monkton.

The porch has double tapered posts above sill height with Georgian style mouldings supporting thick verandah plates above.

The chimney has a flat cap and two flue openings and is finished with rough cast render which is painted.

[1] The low pitched roofs to the bay windows and porches are clad in roll-and-pan profile galvanised iron sheeting.

Each of the gables to the street is formed with fibre cement sheeting with vertical batten cover strips.

A side porch off the kitchen provides access to the lower garden to the north via recent stairs.

[1] The front porch provides entry to the parlour which features built-in early cabinets with leadlight glazed doors and recessed bookcases surrounding a face-brick fireplace with concrete hearth.

Clear-finished timber panelled doors with cathedral patterned glazing provide access to the hall from the sitting room.

The main bedroom, parlour and sitting room have plaque rails and cornices are of a similar design.

[1] Additions to the place include a security grille to the front porch, some new kitchen cabinets, a bookcase in the hall and new bathroom fixtures.

[1] There are views from the rear of the property along the Brisbane River to the west towards Seventeen Mile Rocks and across to Fig Tree Pocket.

Women began to establish careers in architecture in Queensland from the early 1900s, initially working in male-owned practices.

Monkton is significant for its aesthetic and architectural qualities as a highly intact, well composed and refined example of a timber residence.

Monkton's elevated situation overlooking the Brisbane River through mature trees creates an idyllic setting and the large garden surrounding the house adds to its picturesque character.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.

Monkton has a special association with the work of Elina Mottram, the first woman to open her own architectural practice in Brisbane and Queensland's most successful and longest practising early female architect.