Chapel House

Chapel House is a country house that has been converted into a hotel. It was built in 1783 for John Tennant and incorporates elements from the 17th century, along with some mid-20th century additions and restorations. The building features coursed thin limestone blocks with ashlar dressings and a graduated stone slate roof. It is two stories tall and has a three-bay main range that is three bays deep, with a west wing that contains earlier remains now used as service rooms. The exterior has stressed quoins, and the main entrance includes a central half-glazed door with a radial glazed fanlight set in a shouldered architrave topped with a triangular pediment. On either side of the door are tripartite flat-faced mullion windows on both floors, with the central lights featuring glazing bar sashes flanked by 8-pane sashes. Above the door is a sash window with glazing bars. All windows have slightly raised surrounds and projecting sills. The building also has stone gutter brackets, a shallow parapet, a hipped roof, and two corniced ridge stacks flanking the entrance. There is a 20th-century addition at the rear that is not of special interest.

The left side of the building has a central recessed bay with a Venetian stair window on the first floor, while the right side features three tripartite windows on each floor, similar to the front. Inside, there is a central hall flanked by principal rooms, with the left room featuring a bolection-moulded stone fireplace and a moulded ceiling cornice. The doors are six-panel. A staircase, illuminated by the Venetian window at the end of the entrance hall, has a cantilevered stone stair and an elegant column and vase balustrade with a moulded handrail. The west wing on the south side has four bays, with the second bay projecting and showcasing restored 17th-century fenestration. There are two doors in the third bay, one of which is dated 1768, and a large four-light mullion and transom window on the far right, featuring flat-faced mullions with a reeded surround. The house is named after the supposed site of a chapel that belonged to Kilnsey Grange, part of the Fountains Abbey estate. The Tennant family acquired the estate in 1572 and held it until 1900. The Vicar of Burnsall resided there from 1841 to 1875.