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Summary

A good example of a late medieval church house. Now divided into two cottages.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II*) 1146627: CHURCH HOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS22SW/4
• Old Listed Building Ref (II*): 91256
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX22SW14

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHURCH HOUSE (Built, XV to XVI - 1401 AD (Between) to 1600 AD (Between))

Full description

Copeland, G. W., 1960, Devonshire Church-Houses: Part 1, 133 (Article in Serial). SDV298102.

Situated south-east of the church and now divided into two cottages. A picturesque rectangular two storied stone building. On the north side is a rectangular staircase projection with a pent-roof and a small pointed upper light.. Also a blocked moulded window cut off at the top by the eaves of the old roof and also a plainly moulded stone doorway with an elliptical head. The walls have plain plinth-moulds. The roof is slated and the old chimneys remain. The ground floor windows on the north side have later wooden frames but retain their original relieving arches. One the south side is a gabled projection, possibly a garderobe. The interior has been modernised.

Copeland, G. W., 1961, Devonshire Church Houses, part 2, 262-3 (Article in Serial). SDV7456.

Further details of the building given. Other details: Plate 25.

Lewis, F. K., 1969, The Guide to Hartland's Church, 4 (Leaflet). SDV320754.

This house was originally occupied by the priests who served St. Nectan's prior to the building of Hartland Abbey in 1160. Seized by King Henry about 1540 and given to his chief butler, Sir William Abbott. It had a great upper room in which church ales and other parochial functions were held, and to which the parishoners had access by an outside stone stairway which is still in existence. Now a private residence.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SS22SW14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV365923.

Church Houses, now two cottages, used as an almshouse. Stone built, two storeys with a slate roof. Incorporates medieval work including a probable late 15th century blocked window.
Site visit 30th November 1978. Two almshouse cottages, one called Church House, the other un-named (Photo).

Hartland Quay Museum, 1981, Guide to the Coast and Shipwrecks. North from Hartland Quay (Leaflet). SDV341566.

Department of Environment, 1989, Hartland (Provisional List), 100 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV7460.

Griffith, F. M., 1990, DAP/TA, TA 1,2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV15445.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 240 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Originally occupied by priests prior to building of Hartland Abbey in 1160. Seized by King Henry c. 1540 and given to chief butler, Sir William Abbott. Church ales and other functions held in upper room - access via external stone stair. Now 2 cottages.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

University of Southampton, 2018, North Devon Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment, 29 (Interpretation). SDV361978.

House originally occupied by priests prior to the building of Hartland Abbey in 1160. Now divided into two private residences.

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1146627 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

Church house, subsequently divided into 2 cottages, now a single house. Probably later C15 or early C16, altered C19 including some internal division and refenestration. Coursed and squared rubble, C19 or C20 slate roof, end stacks, one to left with a C19 brick shaft, one to right with a large rubble stack.
Plan: single room depth, 3 rooms on the ground floor; direct entry into the right room which was the original kitchen with a gable-end stack with a large hearth.
A particularly good example of a Devon Church House retaining many early features but internally and externally relatively little altered. It is situated in a very prominent roadside position.
See listing description for full details.
Date first listed: 20th February 1958. Date of most recent amendment 18th June 1989

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Associated Finds: none recorded

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