One of several original mason's marks dating from the late 16th c. Similar marks can be found at Stonyhurst House in Lancashire.

The 1805 plan (unrealized) for restoring the hall includes the following note on this longitudinal section: '...Opening above the door towards the N end discovered on breaking away the stucco and taking out modern wall which had filled it up = an opening for a view into the hall from an apartment in that quarter. The windows have been very much altered, being shorter and broader than the original ones, which descended much lower.'

Architect/designer: George Saunders

Used by kind permission of the Devon Record Office.

E wall of the great hall facing the courtyard, showing some of the fine linenfold panelling. The window with decorative plaster motifs in Gothic style likely dates from the 19th c. remodelling.

The N wall of the rectangular hall facing the palace courtyard remains largely intact.

The W end and 17th c. gallery of the church viewed from the central aisle of the nave.

The S wall with the original 16th c. oak entrance door.

The N wall showing 2 windows replaced in the 19th c.

E wall of the great hall with a view of the inner courtyard beyond. The inner courtyard of the Elizabethan house brought light into the rooms adjacent. A covered walkway on the S side led from the screens passage to the kitchen in the SE corner.

2 wall-paintings (ca. 1470) in the N and S aisles depict St Christopher carrying the child Jesus on his back across a river. The wall-paintings have been heavily restored.