Nymet St George House

This is a former rectory, built in 1781 and significantly altered in 1868 by Edward Ashworth of Exeter, with subsequent minor modifications by the current owner over the last 40 years. The house is constructed of colourwashed rendered stone with a tiled roof installed in 1868. It features two parallel ranges linked by an east block, forming an overall U-shaped plan with a central courtyard.

The south range retains elements from the 18th century, including the main entrance and principal rooms facing south, with a passage and staircase on the north side. The east block's original use is uncertain; while it may be original, its absence of service rooms raises the possibility that it was once a kitchen wing, though the stack has been removed. A description from 1850 describes a "good thatched residence, in the Elizabethan style," suggesting a potential remodelling in the 1830s or 1840s.

The 1868 remodelling introduced a service wing to the north, creating the current U-shaped plan, and included a 19th-century kitchen. The roof was likely raised at this time, and the exterior was Gothicized. A further remodelling in the 1940s turned the east block into a pantry, later adapted to provide a second entrance. More recent alterations include a refashioned porch on the south range's east end and the addition of a garden room with reused early 19th-century columns at the west end of the south range. A unique feature is the Rector's study, located at the east end of the south range but separated from other rooms by an internal door within the passage.

The symmetrical south front (garden front) has three gabled sections, a cornice at first-floor level, and a recessed central section with pilasters framing a late 18th/early 19th century tripartite sash window. The original late 18th/early 19th century 12-pane sash windows are retained on the ground floor, while the first floor features 3 over 6-pane sashes. The east elevation consists of the courtyard and the east ends of both ranges, with a mix of early 19th-century timber sash windows, later sashes, and casements. A remodeled porch on the south range preserves a late 18th/early 19th-century roundel, and a half-glazed door in a 19th-century style has been added to the east block.

The interior of the south range retains late 18th-century panelled doors and a stick baluster staircase with a ramped mahogany handrail. A re-sited 18th-century chimney-piece is found in the dining room (west end of the south range), flanked by recesses. The 19th-century kitchen remains largely unchanged, featuring a good slate floor. This is an attractive, informal house.