Mulberry House

Mulberry House is a late 18th-century brick house, built in 1783 for William Chaplin. It is located on the south side of Church Street, Bubwith.

The house is constructed of brick in Flemish bond, with a pantile roof. It features a central-hallway entry and is two storeys high, with three bays. A plinth runs along the base of the building. The front entrance has a 20th-century half-glazed door with a radial fanlight, set within a pilastered doorcase topped by a dentilled open pediment displaying the date plaque. Sash windows with glazing bars are present throughout, with replacement external shutters to the ground floor. Flat, rubbed brick arches top all the windows. The roof is hipped, with chimney stacks to the rear.

Inside, a prominent open-string staircase has column-on-vase balusters to each tread. A decorative Adamesque fire surround is found in the right-hand reception room, while the left-hand room has a plainer fire surround. Six-fielded panel doors are used throughout the house. Cast-iron hob grates feature in the main bedrooms, and a dado rail is present in the master bedroom. The door to the master bedroom retains an original drop bolt lock. The roof structure comprises hand-cut timbers, simple A trusses, and tusk-tenoned purlins.