Description

SS 4837-4937 BRAUNTON CHURCH STREET (west side)
Braunton
11/69 Church House formerly listed as
- Old Parish Room (or Challoner's
25.2.65 School)

GV II*

Church house, now museum with office over. Probably C16 and apparently altered in
C18 when it became Challoner's School. Whitewashed rubble with gable-ended rag
slate roof and gabled slated pentice over 2 flights of external stone steps to
first floor entrance. Rectangular plan. 2 storeys. 5 window front bay. 2 C19
brick stacks offset on west side and at south gable end both reduced in height.
South end has large gateway opening with chamfered timber beam over and gates of 2
leaves To right are 4 wide blocked openings with timber lintels formerly open
shambles. Second from left has inserted wooden 2-light casement ferrimenta. Above
are 5 wooden 2-light casements. 2 to left are replacements and have small diamond-
leaded panes, those to right all have diamond-leaded panes and external ferrimenta.
The centre opening of the 3 is square-headed. Those to each side are C16 4-centred
arches and hollow chamfered frames. West facade has a 3-light wooden casement (12
panes each light) above curving timber beam to gateway. To left are two
replacement 2-light wood casements with diamond-leaded cames. All first floor
windows have timber lintels. Below are 3 unevenly spaced windows with deep reveals
each with 16-paned metal casements and grill bars. At each corner of the north
gable to the main range are 2 dressed quoins below eaves that to east side having
angular octofoil to east face and bishops head with mitre on north face. The
smaller stone on west side has raised cross on west face and crowned king on north
face. In the apex of the gable is a further stone bearing design of cross within a
circle. Slate treads on rubble risers at north gable end lead to 4-centred arch
wooden doorway with chamfered and stopped jambs and plank door. Pentil is open on
gable end with original truss of principals with short curved feet and plain
purlins. This is identical to the 4 trusses in the main range with unmoulded
principals and plain wall plates.

Listing NGR: SS4894637052

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532218

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)