Chudleigh (/ˈtʃʌdli/)[1] is an ancient wool town located within the Teignbridge District Council area of Devon, England; it is sited between Newton Abbot and Exeter.

According to later reports, the staff in the bakery seemed unaware of the danger this posed, but the fire, fed by the exceptionally dry fuel, exploded.

In the shortest time imaginable, the fire had spread to the roof of the bakery (thatched, as were 90% of the houses in Chudleigh at the time[citation needed]) and huge hunks of burning reed and straw were swept aloft by a rapidly growing north-easterly[citation needed] wind.

[9] Hams Barton is a grade II* listed building,[10] formerly the seat of the Hunt family, situated one-mile north-east of the town, near Kate Brook.

A fine banqueting room survives, called by Pevsner "the sumptuous first-floor great chamber, one of the best of its date in the county".