Chestnuts

Chestnuts is a town house located on Fore Street in Bodmin, dating from the early 19th century, or possibly a remodelling of an older house. The exterior features incised stucco on rubble, with rusticated quoins and moulded hoods on brackets. It has a rag slate roof with a hipped return on the left side of the entrance front, moulded eaves, and cast-iron ogee gutters. The building has a double-depth plan that runs at right angles to the street and stands two storeys tall with a three-window range on the entrance front.

The original tripartite hornless sash windows with glazing bars are present, along with a blind window on the first floor to the left and a late 19th-century canted bay window on the ground floor to the right. The central round-arched doorway features a 6-pane over 2-panel door with a spoked fanlight, and the porch is supported by boxed-in granite Tuscan columns with an entablature that has modillions, although the porch sides have been later glazed.

The street elevation consists of two storeys and three storeys, with a 1:2-window range. The tripartite sashes on the left and the ground floor right are all late 19th-century horned sashes, most of which have consoles and hoods. Inside, the house retains an original open-well staircase with an open string, along with original ceiling cornices and doors where inspected.