The Chantry

SO 9005 BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT FAR WELLS ROAD, Bisley Village (west side)

13/48 The Chantry

28.6.60

II

Large detached house. Part medieval, extensively rebuilt mid C17; to form L-plan. Late C19 addition. Random and coursed rubble limestone; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Main east-west range, 2-storey with attic; central south wing. North side: 2- storey gabled porch to right of centre with square-headed chamfered opening with hoodmould; similar doorway within has mutilated remains of Agnus Dei carved on stone lintel. Three-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements with hoodmoulds either side of porch. Single-storey outbuilding projects forward to left from below upper floor 2-light to main range. Three ridge-mounted chimneys with moulded caps. South side: single-window fenestration to main range set either side of central late C19 projecting wing, C19 mullioned casement to ground floor, 2 and 3-light original casements above. Two end gables to C19 wing, right set back, each with mullioned or transomed fenestration. West end: parapet gabled end with off-centre ground floor single-light casement; gable-mounted chimney with moulded cap. Interior not inspected. Thought originally to have been the house of chantry priests, the chantry being that at the Church of All Saints (q.v.) demolished in C19. (N.M. Herbert, 'Bisley in V.C.H. Glos xi, 1976, pp 4-40; and M.A. Rudd, Historical Records of Bisley with Lypiatt, 1937)

Listing NGR: SO9018905549