The Victorian frontage of this stunning  terraced property in Plympton St Maurice conceals a dramatic secret –  a  three-storey medieval  hall house, whose spectacular main room features a vaulted ceiling and oak roof trusses

FORE Street in Plympton St Maurice was once featured in the Channel 4 television programme Time Team because its mix of architecture is so interesting.

Largely Georgian, it has 68 listed buildings – and Chapel House is one of them.

The hidden gem of the three-storey property is a medieval hall house, whose spectacular main room features a vaulted ceiling and massive oak roof trusses.

From the street, a partly-glazed entrance door leads to a spiral staircase to the first floor.

It also leads to the third bedroom, a former shop which retains the shop window area and bay and has a carved and tile fireplace with coloured slips and a marble hearth.

Also on this level is a rear hall with a tiled floor and a shower room.

On the first floor is the sitting room, which has two windows overlooking the main street, a wooden floor and an  ornate tiled hearth with tiled slips and a gas living flame fire.

Tall, wide folding doors lead to the dining hall, while a spiral staircase leads up to the fourth bedroom, which is on the second floor.

It has a stone fireplace with a slate hearth, recessed cupboards, an exposed A-frame ceiling and a window overlooking the main street.

This bedroom also has an en-suite shower room with a large tiled shower cubicle and exposed ceiling beams.

The dining hall is a magnificent room featuring four oak arched and braced medieval beams with wind braces with modern stainless steel supports, rising to nearly 15ft in the centre.

It has glazed skylights and a fireplace with an old grate and hearth.

The inner hall has a stairway down to rear section of the ground floor.

The kitchen rises also to around 13ft at its apex, with two exposed A-framed trusses and a roof window.

It has a one-and-a-half  bowl sink unit with a mixer tap, wooden work surfaces and tiled splashbacks.

A half-glazed door leads to the garden.

The utility room has two double-glazed roof windows, a ceramic tiled floor and a stainless-steel sink unit.

It houses the central heating boiler and has plumbing for a washing machine.

A stable-type door leads outside.

The northern section of the ground floor has a lower hall accessed down stairs from the first-floor inner hall.

There are two bedrooms, one with a massive old granite fireplace and the other with an exposed beam ceiling and a recessed wardrobe.

The bathroom has a freestanding claw-foot bath with a drench-style head.

There is a pedestal wash basin, a wc and exposed beams.

To the rear is a private and secluded walled garden with shrubs and a climbing rose.

The large  garage is accessed from the courtyard, and there is  vehicular access from a rear service lane.

Available from Stags (01752 223933) for £357,000.