The Chestnuts

The Chestnuts is a house located in Upper Quinton, dating from the early 17th century, with a rear wing added in the 18th century. The building is constructed of brick, featuring some timber-frame elements and ashlar stone at one end, set on a rubble plinth. It has steeply pitched roofs covered with renewed tiles, along with brick stacks at the cross-axial and end points. The layout consists of a two-unit plan plus a double-gabled rear wing.

The main elevation faces the rear and is two storeys high with a three-window range. The left end is made of ashlar stone. There is a segmental-headed entrance on the left and another entrance with a 20th-century glazed door on the right. Flanking a blocked arch with a small light, there are two windows with 20th-century casements, while the first floor features windows also with 20th-century casements.

The elevation facing the street has a plat band on the wing and includes some timber-frame with brick infill to the left of the wing. The ground floor displays three segmental-headed windows: one has a two-light casement, and two have small-paned cross-casements with panelled shutters. There is also a central shuttered light and a return lean-to outshut with an entrance on the left.

The left return is partly made of ashlar, with the former roof line indicating a catslide outshut, and there is a small lean-to outshut with an old tile roof. Inside, the house features a large ashlar fireplace with a stop-chamfered bressumer, a chamfered beam, and early 17th-century oak panelling, along with timber-framed cross-walls. The first floor contains a three-plank door.