St Helens Chapel Cottage And Remains Of St Helens Chapel To East

St Helens Chapel Cottage and the remains of St Helens Chapel are located in Croyde, forming a single dwelling with historical significance. The medieval chapel has been restored in the 20th century, while the cottage, built in 1906, is situated at the west end of the chapel. The chapel is constructed of rubble stone, and the cottage is made of rubble stone and cob, which is whitewashed and rendered, featuring stacks at each end beneath a tiled roof. The chapel has a plain tiled roof with a gable end facing the inhabited portion, and it is 1½ storeys high. The 2-storey cottage has a three-window south front with 20th-century two-light casements, a 20th-century gabled porch, and two short buttresses on the right end of the front.

On the north side of the chapel, there is a pointed arch window with dressed stone jambs and voussoirs, each voussoir inscribed with the letter forming the word "ICHABOD." An early scratch sundial is located above a three-light window on the south side. Inside the chapel, there are three closely spaced raised crucks with two tiers of threaded purlins, morticed collars, and yokes, featuring angled chamfers on the soffits of each blade. The exposed cruck truss at the gable end has a false collar made from the lower sections of a similar pair of cruck blades, sawn off and set horizontally in the wall to meet at the center. The east gable end has 20th-century joinery. The ruins of the chapel extend to the east, with part of it rebuilt at the upper end, featuring a crenellated parapet. The entrance on the north side has a false four-centred arch, and there are slit windows on each side wall with deep chamfers on the inner faces. The chapel is believed to have origins dating back to the 12th century.