The Chestnuts

The Chestnuts is a house that originally dates from the 17th century, with some alterations made in the 18th century. It was completely remodeled and refronted in the early 19th century, with additional changes in the 20th century. The building is constructed from coursed squared limestone rubble, featuring stone dressings and quoins, and has an ashlar porch. The slate roofs have deep eaves supported by wooden brackets at the gable ends.

The house has a large front block with a lower rear wing, forming a T-plan, and is designed in an early 19th-century Italianate style. It stands two storeys high and has three windows. The central bay features a shallow gable that is slightly advanced. On the ground floor, there are two sash windows set in raised moulded architraves with cills supported by consoles. The central flat-roofed porch has double doors with a segmental head, keystone, cornice, and parapet. The first floor includes two round-headed windows with glazing bars, and a central paired narrow round-headed window in a recessed bay with a raised moulded architrave. There is a band course above the ground floor windows on the left and right, and a string course running to the imposts of the round-headed windows, with wooden corbels under the eaves of the gable.

The left return of the house mirrors the front, featuring a similar ground floor sash window, a returned band course, and a similar first floor window with a string course. The lower two-storey wing at the rear has two 2-light casements and a door with a segmental head on the ground floor, while the first floor has a 2-light casement with a segmental head, a single light, and a small sash in a flat stone surround. The right return of the house is similar to the left, with a cellar opening. The rear wing to the right has a small sash window, a 16-pane sash, and a 3-light casement with a timber lintel on the ground floor, while the first floor features two 2-light casements of varied sizes. The rear includes a 3-light casement with a timber lintel on the left side at ground floor, some remaining leaded lights, and a 20th-century single-storey flat-roofed extension with a door and two windows. The first floor has round-headed windows on both the left and right, similar to those on the front. The interior has not been inspected.