Chiltern

Chiltern is a disused farmhouse located in Morebath, dating from the early 17th century, with a 19th-century outshut addition. The building is constructed of cob and stone rubble, topped with a slate roof that was originally thatched. It features gables at both ends, a right end stack, and rear left lateral stacks.

The layout, as described in a 1976 survey by Hulland, indicates that the original 17th-century design included a single-depth block with two principal rooms on either side of a lobby entrance, which had a pantry at the back. The larger room on the right had a staircase adjacent to the stack, leading up behind it, with a doorway into the pantry. The 19th-century outshut added service rooms, and possibly at that time, a new staircase was inserted in the former pantry facing the entrance.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with two first-floor windows and three ground-floor windows. There is a gabled porch on the front, positioned to the left of centre. The windows are small-pane casements, arranged in two and three-light configurations.

Interior features noted by Hulland include plank and muntin screens flanking the entrance passage, deeply-chamfered step-stopped cross beams in the ground floor rooms, and crank-arched doorframes leading to the staircase in the right-hand room and to the former pantry. The roof is described as having 'A' frame main trusses.