An old, 17th-century chaplaincy, its outbuildings, its

A secondary road leads to the property via the west, running alongside a thick hedge that opens in line with the setting sun. It then reveals the exteriors of the buildings laid out around a square paved courtyard. The latter is closed by iron gates in two places, on either side of a little house standing on the east side. The main house is on the north side, facing the courtyard, whilst opposite, on the south side, is a large covered area, extended by a barn, followed by a house on the right-hand side of the entrance. On the left-hand side of the latter is a vast, L-shaped barn, with another building adjoining the main house. The L-shape encompasses a swimming pool. The tennis court is further east, on the other side, at the end of the parklands enhanced with tall trees as well as fruit trees.
The chaplaincyAs for all the buildings, the thick walls of this chaplaincy are constructed from exposed quarry stone blocks, known as "shellstone", with dressed stone surrounds framing most of the doors and inward-opening windows. The wooden shutters are mouse-grey in colour. The low, hip roofs are covered with terracotta Roman tiles.
The ground floor
The entrance door, topped with its bull's eye window, opens into a large corridor, with a high ceiling featuring oak wood joists and, at the end, a pastel-grey, quarter turning, wooden stairway. Enhanced by its colour, it stands out from the white walls like an ornament. A stone sink is set in a corner on the immediate left-hand