The Chantry Including Stable Block And Garden Walls

The Chantry, which includes a stable block and garden walls, is a house likely built in the late 18th century with later alterations. It features a roughcast exterior and a slate roof, with end stacks that have brick shafts. The building has a double depth plan, consisting of two rooms wide with a central entrance.

The house is two storeys tall and has a symmetrical three-bay front with a two-span hipped roof that is set behind a parapet. There is a moulded cornice with brackets beneath the parapet. A central timber porch supported by Tuscan columns leads to a recessed six-panel front door, which has panelled reveals and an attractive fanlight. The ground floor has 16-pane hornless sash windows on the left and right, while the first floor features similar outer windows, with a 12-pane hornless sash in the centre.

To the left, there is a tall cob garden wall topped with slate coping, which includes a doorway with a half-glazed door. The wall continues to the left with tiled coping. On the right, the end walls of two parallel blocks are visible, separated by a tall wall that has a square-headed doorway. The left block has a hipped roof and a blind recess on the first floor, with the wall coped in slate. The right block serves as a stable range, gabled towards the road, and features blind windows on both the ground and first floors. The inner return of the stable has small-pane windows and a hayloft door.

The interior has not been inspected but is expected to be of interest. Dean Street, where The Chantry is located, survived the 1743 fire in Crediton, suggesting that the building may have a core that predates the 18th century. The Chantry stands as the only gentry town house on Dean Street, which is characterized by a mix of vernacular and small 19th-century houses, making it the most complete pre-fire street in Crediton.