Chagford Devon
15c Endicott House once &quot;The Guild House of St Catherine  founded here in 1200., was administered by the Churchwardens and used by Church Guilds as well as for brewing Church Ales.   Later it became a Care House where the poor of the Parish were housed. In the late 18c a schoolroom was created upstairs while the poor were cared for on the ground floor.   A stone staircase on the outside led from the ground floor to the upper floor and although no longer there, if you look carefully, you can see the stone work indicating where the upper floor was.   In 1853 an infants’ school opened on the ground floor while older children were taught on the first floor.   After the move to the school in New St., Endecott House continued as an infants’ school until 1936.   Previously known as St. Katherine’s House after the patron saint of Tinners, it was named Endecott House following refurbishment in the 1980s in honour of John Endecott, first governor of Massachusetts, who emigrated from Chagford in 1628. 
It is administered by a group of trustees and used for a variety of events. A charity coffee morning is held here every Saturday throughout the year, giving the visitor a chance to view the interior of this historic building.


Picture with thanks - copyright  Colin Smith CCL <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6945545" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6945545</a>
chagford church devon