Kingsley House

Kingsley House is a house located on Fore Street in Chudleigh, dating from around 1810, with some alterations made in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of whitewashed plastered stone rubble and features slate roofs, with the front block having hipped ends and brick chimney stacks. It has a double depth, four-room plan with two heated rooms on either side of a central passage, which includes a dog leg stair at the rear. A service stair that previously connected the service basement to the rear left room has been removed; the current stair to the basement is now located at the rear of the passage. One of the basement rooms is heated and may have served as the kitchen. The basement is situated at a lower ground level at the rear of the house.

The house stands two storeys tall with a symmetrical three-bay front, featuring a moulded cornice and frieze. A central Tuscan porch was added in the late 20th century. The front door is a six-panel design with panelled reveals and a panelled soffit, and there are 12-pane sash windows throughout. The ground floor windows are adorned with Tudor-style hoodmoulds that have label stops and 20th-century copy glazing. The rear of the house rises to three storeys due to the lower ground level; the left-hand bay projects and contains a three-light casement with glazing bars on the ground floor, a 12-pane sash on the first floor, and a 16-pane bowed sash on the second floor, all of which are early 19th century. The recessed right-hand bay is wider and features a tall, narrow early 19th-century stair sash window to the left with a round head and intersecting glazing bars, an early 19th-century 12-pane sash above to the right, and a 20th-century window below.

Inside, some original features remain, including joinery and a stair with stick balusters and a ramped handrail. Despite the late 20th-century alterations, Kingsley House remains an important part of the architectural heritage in the centre of Chudleigh.