Old Church House

Old Church House is a house dated 1612, located on the north side of Market Place in Colyton. It is a large stone rubble structure with a gable end facing the road and features a slate roof with moulded stone coping and stone finials at the gable ends. The building has three storeys, with five-light moulded stone mullion windows on the first and second floors, and a four-light window on the ground floor, all with leaded panes. The stone labels and cills span the width of the house, and a dripmould on the ground floor extends over a moulded doorway to the right, which has a four-centred arch. There is a chimney stack and some moulded mullion windows on the west side, while the north end (rear) has a two-light window with a dripmould and a stack.

Inside, the house has been much altered. It features three Jacobean style overmantles made from old materials, though most are not original. There is a 17th-century corbelled stone fireplace, an 18th-century stone chimneypiece, and a small chamfered stone fireplace on the second floor with a cambered timber lintel. The staircase appears to be either reconstructed or imported, with heavy balusters, a moulded string, and massive newels topped with carved finials shaped like dancing bears. The interior also includes ceiling beams, some reset panelling, and fragments of medieval painted glass alongside Victorian stained glass.