Chantry House

Chantry House, located on the north side of The Newarke, is a Grade II* listed building dating from around 1511. This three-storey structure is built from stone rubble and features ashlar quoins and windows, topped with a slate roof that has gable ends. It was founded by William Wigston as a chantry for two priests and has been restored.

The building has three storeys and four windows, all of which have been renewed with two-light moulded stone mullion casements that have rectangular heads and moulded labels, along with leaded panes. The central stone doorway has also been renewed, featuring a Tudor arch fanlight and label. There are two buttresses that rise to the second storey, a moulded stone string at the second floor level, and a moulded brick cornice. A staircase tower is located at the rear.

Inside, the ground floor includes a four-centred arch stone fireplace and close-set timber studding on the partition wall. There is a reconstructed stone newel staircase at the rear. On the first floor, there is a two-centred chamfered arch stone fireplace.

Chantry House, along with Skeffington House, the Iron Gates, and Newarke Wall, as well as all listed buildings in Castle Street, Castle Yard, and Castle View, form a group.