Chilton Cantelo House

Chilton Cantelo House is a manor house that has been converted into a school. It dates from the 18th century, with some earlier elements, but was extended and "restored" in the 1860s, resulting in little of the original structure remaining. The building is constructed from local stone worked into small ashlars, with Ham stone dressings, and features Welsh slate roofs with Dutch gables and some parts with parapets, as well as stone chimney stacks. It is a complex structure, primarily in a Jacobean style, consisting of two storeys with attics.

The main north elevation has seven bays, with the sixth bay featuring projecting stacks and the seventh bay being blank. The central entrance door is flanked by Doric attached columns and pilasters, with sidelights on either side and a semi-circular fanlight above. Above the door is a four-light oriel-style window, while the remaining windows are of a cruciform pattern. The roof includes dormer windows with semi-circular timber heads topped with pinnacles. The west elevation consists of five bays, with a left-hand projecting gable and a square, two-storey bay window that is five lights wide.

The interior has not been seen. The house has historical ties to the Cantilupes of Barwick Manor from the 13th century and various families until it came into the possession of the Countess of Hertford from 1729 to 1780, and then to Mrs. John Old Goodford, née Maria Phelips of Montacute. Most of the Old family emigrated to the United States, where they established the Oldsmobile car manufacturing company, while the Goodfords still reside in the village. Henry Goodford added the north extension and hall before his death in 1865, and his brother, the Rector, added the kitchen and service areas around 1865. It is not recorded whether Sir Arthur Blomfield, who restored the church, oversaw the work, but the similarities in style suggest this is likely.