Chittenden

Chittenden is a house that dates back to the 15th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 18th century and around 1880 by architect George Devey. The building features a timber frame with some exposed close studding and plaster infill, as well as sections clad and extended with red brick, tile hanging, and applied framing. It has plain tiled roofs and is likely based on a Wealden plan.

The house is two storeys tall with an attic, showcasing a moulded bressummer on the first floor and a pargetted plaster frieze at the roof. It includes two hipped dormers, a central projecting gabled semi-dormer, and moulded stacks positioned to the centre right and projecting to the end left. The first floor has two three-light and one two-light wooden casements set on coved cills, while the attic features three casements in the semi-dormer and three glazing bar sashes on the first floor. The ground floor has a three-light oriel, a two-light wooden casement in a recessed close studded area, and a four-light mullioned and transomed casement, along with a blocked opening to the right. Access is through a rib and stud door in a recessed, moulded four-centred arched doorway on the left side.

The extensive rear wings include parts from the 18th century, built with red and blue brick on a sandstone base, and some late 19th-century additions. The right return is close studded and exposed, featuring a jetty on brackets and a sandstone plinth. There is also a boarded door in a porch with a gabled bargeboard, likely from the 17th century and relocated to this elevation.

Inside, the house boasts large cambered arch-braced tie beams, with the base of a removed crown post and a brace supporting the projecting eaves now found within the building. The ground floor has double ogee-moulded beams, a cambered dais beam with coved moulding, and a dragon beam in the left end room. Much of the timbering is from the late 19th century. Devey's extensions to Marlborough House were constructed around the same time.