Chafyn Grove Cottages Parish Hall

ZEALS NEW ROAD ST 73 SE (west side) 6/199 NOs 1, 2, 3 and 4 Chafyn-Grove Cottages and Parish Hall (formerly 6.1.66 listed as The Almshouses and Parish Hall) GV II Almhouses and parish hall. 1865, provided by William Chafyn-Grove of Zeals House (q.v.). 1888 village hall. Flemish bond brick on rubble stone plinth, diaper work in vitrified headers, tiled roof with coped verges and diagonally-set brick stacks. C17-style. Asymmetric plan. Two-storey, 3-window. Main range has moulded doorway to left of centre to recessed porch, 4-light ovolo- mullioned casement with hoodmould either side and 3-light ovolo- mullioned casement with hoodmould to right, first floor has three 3-light ovolo-mullioned casements, inscription tablet recording foundation in 1865, in memory of William Chafyn-Grove's mother, over centre window; gable over with coped verge. To left is single-storey range with gabled porch with arched doorway, 4-light ovolo-mullioned casement and a second arched doorway to left. Attached to right is single-storey wing projecting to front with Tudor-arched doorway in gabled porch, 3-light mullioned casement to gable end, large external stack to right return. Rear lean-to with mullioned casements, single storey range has large stack to rear. Village hall attached to left of former schoolroom is gable end to road with 4-light mullioned casement, 1888 datestone and coped verge to gable end, three 3-light ovolo-mullioned casements to south side, C20 porch attached to left. Interior retains C19 joinery, No. 1 has serpentine splat balusters, similar to those in C19 wing of Zeals House (q.v.). Possible evidence of a C17 building here; some earlier brickwork on stacks and north wing, the base of walls are partly rubble stone.

Listing NGR: ST7825231910