Chantry House

Chantry House is a former estate cottage group, originally part of Oxburgh Hall. Elements of the building may relate to a Chantry established in 1483 on the manor of Thomas Ode. Later alterations and refurbishment occurred over time. The building combines limestone ashlar, brick, and clunch construction, with an east wing partially timber-framed, largely replaced with brick and flint. The roof is a mix of pantiles and areas without covering.

The main block dates from the 15th or 16th century and includes a 16th-century side wing projecting to the rear and an 18th-century side wing projecting to both the front and rear. The layout features a through-passage with a former screen and open hall in the main block. The north facade of the main block is mainly ashlar, with a chamfered plinth, a blocked doorway to the east, a later central doorway, two 18th-century inserted windows, and an original window with chamfered reveals that is now partly blocked. A dentil cornice is present, along with two 20th-century gabled dormers. The rear facade includes a brick section with an ashlar plinth and dressings, a doorway with a surviving wooden frame, a reduced original window with a chamfered reveal and an 18th-century frame, and two later doorways, along with three 20th-century dormers and an axial stack.

The east wing was originally timber-framed, with a surviving, mutilated section at the junction with the main block. This section has been faced and replaced with brick and flint, with brick dressings. A southward extension in brick was added in the 17th century, retaining a blocked two-light mullion window with chamfered reveals in the rear, ashlar quoins, plinth copings, and a gable with tumbling-in. The east facade features two partly glazed panelled doors, five two-light 19th-century casement windows with glazing bars, and a dentil cornice. The north end has a two-light mullion and transom window with glazing bars beneath a segmental arch with an ashlar keystone. Interior stacks are located at the south gable-end, the north east corner, and along the rear wall.

Inside the main block is a 15th-century arched wash basin niche with a hollow, chamfered reveal, broach stops, and a carved rose drain. A fireplace incorporates re-used late 12th-century stone jambs with shafts and scallop derived capitals. The roof is a late 16th-century clasped purlin roof; original ties have been sawn off and connected to inserted bridging joists with bolted struts. The east wing has a crown post roof with braces to the collar purlin and braced ties. The west wing's roof features a re-used double-ogee moulded bridging joist with chamfered common joists.

The west wing is a two-storied brick construction, with a brick and clunch north extension, featuring a nearly symmetrical facade with four doorways and adjacent windows beneath segmental arches. There are four first-floor windows beneath modern soldier arches, a hipped roof, and a lean-to extension to the south, along with two axial stacks.