The Chestnuts

The Chestnuts is a house built around 1865, located on Castle Hill in Guildford. It is constructed of red and brown brick and features low-pitched hipped slate roofs. The building has three storeys above a basement and includes end stacks. The front facade is three bays wide, with three 12-pane and margin light sash windows on the first and second floors, all with cambered heads and gauged-brick arches above them. On the ground floor, there are two 12-pane windows, one on either side of a central porch that has a parapet. The porch contains a six-panel door with margin lights and a fan-traceried over-light. There are also two windows in the basement. To the left, there is a two-storey extension from the late 19th century with a pent roof, featuring 20th-century windows and a door. To the right, there is a single-storey extension with a ribbed roof. Notably, the Reverend Charles Dodgson, known as Lewis Carroll, lived here and passed away in the house on January 14, 1898.