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.