Chantry House

Chantry House is a farmhouse dating to 1766, though with a possible earlier core. It was built for the Clarkson family. The house is constructed of rubble with an artificial slate roof, and a stone slate roof to one wing. It has a T-shaped layout, with the main range facing southwest and a rear wing set at right angles. The main range is two storeys high and has four bays. Quoins are visible. A 20th-century projecting gabled porch is located in the third bay, sheltering a part-glazed door with an ashlar surround. The lintel above the door has a waved top and the inscription "17IA66" on its fascia. Sash windows with glazing bars are set within ashlar surrounds. The roof features shaped kneelers and ashlar copings, and end stacks. The left return shows an older, lower roofline. The right return has a blocked single-light window in the gable. On the southeast side of the rear wing, there’s a round-headed landing window with thick glazing bars, radiating at the top, set within an ashlar surround with imposts and a keystone; this is accompanied by two bays of sash windows with glazing bars in ashlar surrounds, and shaped kneelers and ashlar coping to the right. Stacks are situated between the first and second bays, and at the end to the right. Inside, there are squat doors with six fielded panels and a staircase with turned balusters. It is believed that the house once served as a cell of Jervaulx Abbey. In 1720, the property, then known as Chantry, was licensed as a meeting place for Quakers.