Stucley House And Tossells House (Ae Kingdom Ltd And West Of England Building Society)

Stucley House and Tossells House are two adjoining houses, potentially once occupied as a single unit, located in Fore Street, Chulmleigh. The building's front facade dates to the early 19th century, although the rear may incorporate older elements. The construction is primarily rendered stone rubble with some cob at the rear, and the roof is covered in bitumenized slate, hipped at one end.

The houses were designed with entrance passages on the left side of the front rooms. Originally, both passed through to rear courtyards, but a staircase has been inserted into the Stucley House courtyard. Tossells House is two rooms deep, with the front room serving as an office and heated by a gable-end stack, and a rear room heated by a lateral stack. The internal divisions of Stucley House’s front room have been removed, with the ground floor now used as a shop.

Both houses have rear ranges extending to create an overall L-shaped plan. The rear range of Tossells House includes a staircase in the front left corner and a kitchen at the rear, heated by a gable-end stack. The rear range of Stucley House, now used as offices and stores, was originally a kitchen with a storage room above, featuring two lateral stacks on the right-hand (rear) wall, one brick and the other capped. The rear ranges appear to be of 19th-century construction.

The front of the building is three storeys with a five-window range. The upper storey features 3-over-6 pane sash windows; the first floor has 12-pane sash windows. Stucley House has a late 19th or early 20th century shop window incorporating a second doorway at the left end, leading to the entrance passage and a six-panelled door with the upper four panels glazed. It has a dentil frieze to a plain entablature and pilasters. Tossells House presents a large shop window with pilasters and a window with four large panes, topped with a plain fascia. A five-panelled door sits to the left, its upper panels glazed.

Interior alterations were made in the 20th century, but some 19th-century joinery remains in the upper storeys, and C19 dado panelling can be found in the entrance passage of Tossells House.