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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.