Description

BAKEWELL

SK2168 NORTH CHURCH STREET
831-1/4/143 (South side)
07/01/70 Chantry House
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH LANE
(East side)
Chantry House)

GV II

House. Medieval origin rebuilt c1780. Deeply-coursed sandstone
and limestone rubble; Welsh slate and concrete tile roof.
L-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with cellar. 4-window range to entrance
front and 3-window range to right return facing North Church
Street.
Entrance front: bay 3 has part-glazed 6-panel door in porch
with trellised front and swept leaded roof. Projecting stone
sills to ashlar surrounds: 8/8 sash to left of porch and two
6/6 sashes over. Bay one has 2-light, square-faced mullioned
windows with 4/4 sashes. Bay 4 with 8/8 sash to each floor;
arcaded plaque to gable; ashlar copings. Stone end stack on
left; ridge stack; rendered stack on ridge behind bay 4 gable.
Rear: irregular masonry with C17 panelled door now painted and
partly glazed.
Right return: rubble limestone with battered plinth and large
quoins. Steps at left end and winding steps with iron handrail
to doorway on right. Large tripartite sashes with glazing bars
cut through a chamfered string course; a Medieval carving of
what appears to be a horse's head projects from wall above.
Tripartite sash and 2 4/8 sashes to first floor.
INTERIOR: chamfered, quoined entrance to arched cellar. Early
C19 staircase with turned newel and square rods; earlier
balusters to landing.
HISTORY: an extensive documentary collection with owner
indicates that the site at least has been associated with the
priest engaged by the Chantry of Our Lady since the C12 or
possibly before.
The Chantry property can be traced through to the Dissolution
of the Chantries in 1547 when Sir Richard Manners purchased
the freehold. There are specific references to the house in
C17 documents relating to the rebuilding of churchyard walls.
In 1781 a major rebuilding scheme prompted the Society of
Antiquaries to publish a drawing of the early fabric; this
shows a house of the same form with mullioned windows and the
suggestion of a round-arched doorway to first floor in the

manner of a first-floor hall house; also shown is a gable
plaque with chalice and missal framed by ancient lettering.
(Journal of the Bakewell and District Historical Society:
1990-: 9-12; Collection of Archival Documents).

Listing NGR: SK2153768518

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538328

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)