The parish includes the tything of Canonteign, where there are two notable historic houses. Canonteign Barton is a late Tudor stone house and a Grade I listed building.[1] Canonteign House is a neo-classical building completed for Captain Pownoll Pellew, who in the last year of his life succeeded his father as Viscount Exmouth.[2][3]
The west tower is a Gothic Survival addition of 1630[5] and has a ring of eight bells. John III and Christopher IV Pennington of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall cast a ring of six bells for the tower in 1785. John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, Leicestershire added a new treble and second bell in 1973, increasing the ring to eight.[6]
As well as the Viscounts Exmouth, Christow was the home of Lady daughter of the 1st Viscount. She was the wife of Admiral Sir Lawrence Halsted, died in 1835 and is buried at Christow. Arthur Marshall (1910–89) lived in Christow in later life, and fictionalised the village as "Appleton". The adventurers The Turner Twins (born 1988) grew up in Christow.
Amenities
Christow has a pub, the Artichoke Inn,[8] that was built in or before the 17th century.[9] The village has also a community primary school.[10] The village has also a Community Hall with tennis courts and a skate park. There is also a GPs' practice[11] and Gidley's Meadow, a small industrial estate.
On the 5th of November 2024, a local shop, named the Christow Community Shop, was opened.[12] It sells essential goods and local produce.
