St Olave'S Church House St Olave'S Rectory

St Olave's Church House, also known as St Olave's Rectory, is a pair of adjoining three-storey, three-window stucco houses located on Mary Arches Street. They were built and occupied by James Golsworthy, who was the lessee of Exeter Waterworks from 1808 to 1833. The houses feature modillion cornices and sash windows with wooden architraves. There is a fascia with a serrated edge above the porches and verandahs, which continues along the first-floor level. The ground floor has an iron balustrade, and Church House includes a bow window on the ground floor. Inside, there is a notable top-lighted staircase set in a circular well. A tablet on the garden wall notes that the Waterworks were "contrived" in 1694 and improved by James Golsworthy in 1811, likely through the introduction of iron pipes, which were the first in England. The houses are set within an attractive walled garden.