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Church Street, COLYTON, EX24 6JY

This one has two post boxes,why?

See also Image, taken a few metres to the right. On the right are the churchyard gates http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1333550&searchtype=mapsearch . The thatched cottage is described at http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1333546&searchtype=mapsearch . To its left, set back behind a garden wall http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1098506&searchtype=mapsearch , are The Vicarage and Brerewood House, with crow-stepped gable http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1098505&searchtype=mapsearch .

This nostalgic hardware store with a Victorian shop front is part of a row of 16th century Grade II Listed buildings that were remodelled in the early 19th century.

Originally three shops now knocked into one.

Historic Feoffees Town Hall, a Tudor style building in central Colyton. www.colyton.co.uk

Colyton is a historic small market town in the Coly Valley. It markets itself as "the most rebellious town in Devon" due to the many local inhabitants who joined the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685. www.colyton.co.uk

"Not the usual type of church house", observe Cherry & Pevsner. Dated 1612, it stands at the northern end of the Market Place and is described at http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1098527&searchtype=mapsearch . Colyton Grammar School used to occupy the building.

Grade II Listed house of 1612. Various pictures from about 1908 to 1978 show the gable end fully rendered. This was the former meeting-place of Colyton's Council, the Feoffees, established in the 16th century. Colyton Grammar School (established in 1546 or 1559 according to the History Society) report that they moved into the building in 1612 "which had been enlarged by having another storey built onto it"; that would suggest the origins of the building pre-date 1612. However an original ledger discovered in late 2010 details the cost of building in 1612 and I infer that this refers to the whole building, not just an extension. Why then is it called the Old Church House? The school officially moved out to its new buildings on 15th January 1929.

"A late case of Tudor revival", say Cherry & Pevsner. The brick building dates from 1927. The plaque upon its facade reads: "FEOFFEES TOWN HALL". "The Feoffees were inaugurated in 1546 and they established the first Grammar school in 1559. Later, they were responsible for channelling fresh water into the town and for forming the early fire service. They have been a registered charity for some years and to this day the Chamber of Feoffees meets regularly and works with the town council for the benefit of the community" from http://www.colytonhistory.co.uk/colyton-history-brief.html .