The Chantry

The Chantry is a former manorial house or priest's house, now a detached house, dating back to the 15th century. It has a 17th or 18th century addition, and was restored and altered in 1853. The building is constructed of coursed rubble marlstone with limestone ashlar dressings, rubble chimneys, and a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high, with a projecting two-storey rear wing that also includes a cellar.

The front of the building has a scattered arrangement of windows, mostly a result of the 1853 restoration. An off-centre, moulded four-centred arched doorway features quatrefoils in the spandrels and a bold hoodmould with shield stops. Above the doorway is a pointed-arched former staircase window with 14th century style tracery and a small parapet gable. The upper floor has three three-light moulded casements with trefoil heads. The ground floor has three three-light casements with Tudor arched heads, and to the left, beyond some 20th century inserted casements, a four-light casement in a similar style. At the extreme left is a large, blocked four-centred arched opening, likely the original entrance, with a fragment of a moulded string course above. Parapet gables are present at each end of the building, the north-east end featuring a projecting chimney stack. The south-west end has a single window, with a 20th century casement on the ground floor, a 19th century three-light window with trefoil heads above, and possibly an original small single-light window with a trefoil head in the attic.

The rear wing projects to the left and features leaded casement fenestration with timber lintels in the end wall, and 19th century trefoil-headed casements on the south-west side. Remains of a projecting lateral chimney stack are visible on the rear of the main range, now cut down with a 20th century casement inserted at upper floor level. To the right of the chimney is a 19th century moulded four-centred arched doorway with a hoodmould, and two upper floor three-light, trefoil-headed casements to the right above a continuous string course.

The interior includes a large, moulded Tudor-arched stone fireplace in the hall, possibly dating back to the late 15th century. The roof is an arched braced collar-truss type, largely concealed by the present ceiling, with moulding on the inner edge of the bracing pegged to the principal rafters. The upper floor is likely a later addition. The building has been known as The Chantry since the 16th century, and its location suggests it may have been used for manorial purposes, or as a priest's house. In the early 19th century, it was used as a school house.