Chale Abbey

Chale Abbey is a house that was formerly a manor house, dating back to the 14th century with additions from the 15th and 16th centuries. It was restored and further enlarged in the 19th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble with a tiled roof and features casement windows. It has two storeys and three windows on both the east and west sides.

The original L-shaped structure was built by John de Langford, who was the Constable of Carisbrooke Castle and Warden of the Isle of Wight in the 14th century. This original building included a hall and an undercroft, which make up the south and west wings of the current structure. In the 16th century, the hall was subdivided, and the undercroft was converted into a kitchen. The former hall retains original lancet windows on the first floor of the east and west walls, as well as a tall 14th-century two-light painted window in the gable of the north front, which was likely divided by a transom when a ceiling was added to the hall.

The east front features a gabled projection added by Thomas de Langham in the 15th century to house the staircase, which was later extended eastwards by Richard Worsley in the 16th century. There is a 19th-century porch located at the angle of the original L on the west side, along with another slightly recessed 19th-century addition to the west of the original west wing.

Inside, the building includes a staircase with a solid core and an arched doorcase. The kitchen features four-centred arched stone fireplaces. A first-floor bedroom has a four-centred arched stone fireplace with high stops, and the lounge contains a cambered painted stone fireplace dating from around 1662, with arched openings on either side; the left opening is filled in with a bread oven, and the central arch has an early to mid-19th-century fireplace with decorative paterae and recessed details. The building was reroofed in the 19th century.