The Chantry And Attached Walls

The Chantry is a former chantry house, now a private residence, dating to the mid-15th century. It has undergone slight alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of rubble-stone walls with dressed-stone quoins and has a clay-tile roof with gable ends and stone gable-copings. There are short, octagonal stone stacks with cornices at the gable ends; an original stack embrasure is located in the middle of the south-east wall, with a rebuilt octagonal stone stack above it. It is a small, single-depth rectangular structure, two-and-a-half storeys high, with three windows facing the south-east. Two lower windows on the south-east wall each have two cinquefoiled lights separated by a transom; returned labels terminate in square stops. Above, there are two similar windows, and a third window with two plain lights. The windows have iron casements with fixed, rectangular leaded lights. A doorway immediately south of the stack embrasure features moulded jambs, a pointed arch, a square label, and a studded plank-and-muntin door, likely dating to the 19th century. The south-west and north-west ends have quatrefoiled panels enclosing blank shields. A window with a single trefoiled light is situated in the north-east end. The north-west wall has three two-light transomed windows, similar to those on the south-east side. A doorway at the centre of the north-west wall has moulded jambs and a pointed-arch head.

Inside, the north-east room contains moulded ceiling beams and an original fireplace. This fireplace has moulded stone jambs and a square head, topped by a lintel-block with three large quatrefoiled panels; the outer two panels contain shields, and the central one contains a rosette. The chantry was endowed by John Franks, who died in 1437 and served as Master of the Rolls, originating from Trent.

Attached to the chantry are walls constructed of rubble-stone with ashlar stone copings. One section runs for 14 metres north-east of the chantry, with a rounded corner and includes a gateway, another runs for 9 metres and another section extends for 25 metres into the churchyard wall.