The Chantry

The Chantry is a late 17th century timber-framed house located on Bell Street, facing east. It has been extended to the north in the 18th century, with an organ room added as a cross-wing around 1810 to 1820. The building has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar, topped with a steep old red tile roof that has a hipped shape and a plastered gablet on the south side.

A large central chimney stack is present, along with a former gable stack on the north side of the original five-window section. The exterior features panelled pargetting above a low plinth, with a wood modillioned eaves cornice. The 18th century flush box sash windows have moulded architraves and 6/6 panes. The central door is accompanied by early 19th century, three-light sash windows on either side, with a combination of 2/2, 6/6, and 2/2 panes. The door itself is an 18th century, six-panelled design, with the top two panels glazed.

Panelled pilasters support scrolled brackets and a flat entablature above the door, while the frieze features low relief decoration of urns and swags that break forward over each truss. The street-facing end is plastered over a plinth and lined to resemble ashlar. The eaves are modillioned, and there is a single 6/6 sash window on the first floor of the rear room, along with a 19th century 4/4 sash window in the gablet.

To the north, there is a two-storey 18th century extension that connects to a single-storey cross-wing with a slate roof from the 19th century. This cross-wing has eaves at the same level as the main building and features a lateral stack on the north side, flanked by large sash windows. The older part of the house contains four panelled rooms across two floors. At the rear, there is a cast iron pump with a handle, and a rockery with cusped stone tracery, said to be from the 19th century restoration of the parish church. New deeds for the property are reported to have been provided in 1702.