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The grandiose Chanters House, in Ottery St Mary, Devon, has astonishing links to history and literature: it was the place where Oliver Cromwell declared the Civil War, and where the Coleridge family created one of the West Country's most impressive libraries.
History meets architectural grandeur at Chanters House, a magnificent property in Ottery St Mary, Devon.
The Grade II*-listed house — for sale with Pilkington Estates via OnTheMarket with an asking price of £7 million — originally dates from the 14th century but first rose to national fame in the 17th century, when Oliver Cromwell hosted a meeting of local people in the dining room — and apparently declared the start of the Civil War from there.