Built on the site of a 12th-century chapel, which might be incorporated in fragments, the main building dates to the 16th century.

The building is constructed from roughly cut blue lias, dressed with ham stone.

The majority of the house is two storey high, with a three-story block at the end.

The house had become known as 'Abbey Farm' by 1849[2] and took its name from the fact that it was the site of the Chantry Chapel of the Holy Spirit, founded in 1237, of which some fragments may be incorporated;[1] however the building has never been an abbey.

The northern part of the house was damaged by fire in the 1960s and plainly restored.