Chapel House, Plympton
| Chapel House | |
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.jpg) The building in 2016 | |
  Location within Devon  Chapel House, Plympton (England) | |
| General information | |
| Address | 10a and 10b Fore Street |
| Town or city | Plympton, Devon |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 50°22′58″N 4°02′52″W / 50.3829°N 4.0477°W |
| Completed | mid-18th century |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
Chapel House is a Grade II listed building in Plympton, Devon, England.[1][2] Standing at 10a and 10b Fore Street, Plympton's main street, it is believed to have originally been a town house, later developed into a shop with attached house. It dates to the mid-18th century, but contains older remnants.[1]
It is constructed of Killas rubble with limestone dressings. There are keystoned flat arches that are original to the ground-floor doorways.[1]
Although its interior has not been inspected by Historic England, it was evaluated by Time Team in 1999. In the episode, architectural historian Beric Morley discovered, in the kitchen, a late 15th- or early 16th-century slack-head doorway made of granite moorstone that had been "laboriously carved" into a moulding. In the long part of the building's L-shape, he found a window of similar style and age. In the attic, an arched braced roof was shown, the particular style being a West Country special that existed from the end of the 14th century through into the 16th century. A dendochronology sampling dated the timbers to around 1470.[3]
Number 10b is now known as Becket House.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Historic England. "Chapel House (1244425)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ Plympton St Maurice Conservation Area appraisal and Management Plan – Plymouth City Council, January 2008
- ^ Time Team, Series 6, Episode 5 – Channel 4
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