Chapel Yard House

Chapel Yard House is a semi-detached house built in the late 18th century, with modifications made in the 20th century. It is constructed from random rubble made of Cary stone, featuring ashlar quoins and an ashlar first floor on the front elevation. The roof is covered with double Roman clay tiles and has stepped coped gables, along with brick chimney stacks at each end. The house has two storeys and three bays, with pairs of 12-pane sash windows set in plain openings that have voussoired flat heads. The central bay features an early 20th-century glazed door beneath a timber lintel, topped with a timber pedimented hood supported by shaped brackets. The interior has not been seen. John Boyd moved into this house around 1835 and established looms for horse-hair weaving in 1837. His business later expanded to the Ansford factory in 1851, which continues today as the last horse-hair weavers in the country.