Chapel to the east of the main building, Chard School

Former schoolroom; original purpose not known, possibly built as a chapel. Probably late C16; extended and converted to a school chapel around 1957. Later alterations and repairs, including restoration in 1961.

MATERIALS: it is built of random limestone rubble under a gabled thatched roof with dressed stone coping to the east gable.

PLAN: it has rectangular, one-room plan.

EXTERIOR: it is a single storey building of four bays. The rebuilt south front has a doorway with a much-weathered chamfered surround, a plank door and label moulds over and three mid-C20 five-light stone mullioned windows with leaded lights that match the previous windows. To the left of the entrance is a mid-C20 lozenge-shaped window with raised, chamfered surround which contains a memorial window to D B M Hume, a former headmaster. The rear elevation has a similar five-light mullioned window which is a mid-C20 insertion, a doorway at either end, and a modern flat-roofed extension to the right. The east gable end has stone quoins and a heavily-restored three-light Perpendicular window and has a hoodmould over.

INTERIOR: this comprises a single room with a raised stage at the west end and a barrel-vaulted ceiling.