The Old Chancel

The Old Chancel was built in 1864 and later by Peter Orlando Hutchinson, a local antiquary and historian. Appalled by the severity of a church restoration which left only the tower standing, Hutchinson rescued and re-erected the chancel, along with its 18th-century east window, in his garden at No. 4 Coburg Terrace, Coburg Road. He subsequently added the rest of the house for his own use.

The building is constructed of old stone in a picturesque, but slightly heavy, Gothic style. It incorporates original Medieval fabric from the parish church. The narrow entrance front features corner buttresses and a three-centred arched doorway with a drip mould. Above the doorway is a corbelled rectangular stone bay with a two-light mullioned casement window having a cusped head. The north front has two- or three-light mullioned casement windows. The roofline is irregular, with gables and a parapet, and the east end has a pyramidal slate roof. On the south front is a stone tablet bearing a monogram and the date 1864.