Chitterne House

Chitterne House is a detached house located on Chitterne Road, dating from the late 17th century, with a late 18th century northeast wing and early 20th century service areas. The building features a combination of banded flint and limestone, topped with a tiled roof and brick stacks. It is two stories tall with an attic and has five windows. The exterior includes a chamfered plinth, a door with six fielded panels set in an architrave with a moulded lintel positioned to the right of the center. To the right of the door is a four-light ovolo-mullioned casement with a dropped sill, and two similar windows to the left, with the leftmost also having a dropped sill. A continuous moulded string course runs along the façade, and there is a datestone above the door, possibly reset, inscribed with "HEALTH AND / PEACE / THIS HOUSE / INCREASE / 1635 GD."

On the first floor, there are two single-light and three four-light ovolo-mullioned casements, along with a stone string course featuring a pulvinated frieze beneath a wooden cornice with modillions at the raised eaves. The left return of the house has a two-light mullioned casement on both the ground and first floors, and a small wooden pointed casement in the attic, with lead rainwater goods. The rear of the house includes a five-bay, two-story late 18th century range built in English bond brick, featuring French windows and twelve-pane sash windows, along with a glazed open conservatory and five first-floor sashes. The 17th century wing to the left has four-light ovolo-mullioned casements and a parapet roof with an attic dormer. An early 20th century service extension is attached to the right return, constructed in cavity wall brick with a flint and stone front to match the 17th century range and ovolo-mullioned casements.

Inside, the entrance hall features stairs with 17th century turned balusters, which were relocated from Heale House. The dining room includes a Tudor-arched stone fireplace in the corner and a plaster frieze with a floral design. The bedroom above the dining room has a similar Tudor-arched fireplace and a plaster ceiling frieze, along with a landing that has a panelled dado. There are late 18th century cast-iron fireplace grates, and the joinery includes doors with six panels, including one 17th century planked door with strap hinges in the attic. Alterations to the exterior and the southeast sitting room are said to have been made by Lady Eva Dugdale in the 1930s.