Chanterhayes Including Brick Boundary Wall With Statuette To West

This is a late 17th- to early 18th-century cottage, with possible earlier origins, and alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The walls are plastered cob on rubble footings, with a cob or stone rubble stack topped with brick, and a thatched roof. Originally a single cottage in a row, it now has 2-room plan, facing north, with a lobby entry at the east end. A large stack is situated in the shared party wall with the adjacent Chanterhayes Cottage, serving back-to-back fireplaces. Modern service outshots are present to the rear, and there's an open passageway at the right end.

The two-storey front has late 19th- to early 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars, alongside a contemporary plank door and granite steps to the left. The roof is half-hipped to the right. A late 19th- to early 20th-century brick wall runs along the right (western) side, and approximately 3 metres from the front, a 17th-century painted statuette is set into the wall. This painted plaster or carved stone figure, known as the 'Bow girl', depicts a young girl with flowers in her hair and hand.

Inside, the larger (left) heated room has a blocked fireplace. An axial beam is boxed in, but original features remain, including a late 17th- to early 18th-century two-fielded-panel door from the entrance lobby and a cupboard in the rear wall with a fielded panel door hung on butterfly and H-hinges. The roof is only partly accessible, with a central 18th-century A-frame truss featuring pegged lap-jointed collar. The left truss may be earlier with a cambered collar.

The earliest deed relating to Chantry Hay dates from 1655, though it is referenced in earlier documents.