Tichborne House And Chapel Of St Margaret

Tichborne House and the Chapel of St Margaret is a small country house with an attached chapel, built around 1803-1805. The structure features a cut stone plinth and colourwashed brick, with a stone porch, chapel, and service wing that are rendered. The roofs are made of slate and tile.

The house is a seven-bay by five-bay block, with the chapel attached at the rear center. There is a passage on each floor on the inner side of the chapel that links the house to the service wing, which runs parallel to the house. The front of the house has two storeys above a basement, with the outer two bays projecting slightly. The three central bays are adorned with a Greek Doric portico supported by four columns, featuring a triglyph entablature on a rusticated stone plinth, with steps on either side. The entrance includes a 19th-century six-panel double door with a fanlight and panelled reveal. On either side of the entrance are tall 18-pane sash windows, while the outer two bays have similar sashes set in arched recesses, with a string course on the first floor. There are seven small 18-pane sashes with wide panes and rubbed brick arches, along with relieving arches above. The building is topped with a small brick cornice, a blocking course, and large stone coping, which is accented by Soane-like urns at the corners and a stone cartouche featuring the family crest in the center. The roof is low-pitched and hipped.

The interior of the house is primarily early 19th-century and has been largely remodeled. The chapel has three large round-headed windows on the exposed side, with a simple cornice and parapet above, and a hipped tiled roof behind. The end of the chapel features an off-center castellated porch with a round stair turret beside it. Inside the chapel, the walls are plain, with a coved cornice and a geometrical pattern ribbed ceiling above the altar. The altar rails are 17th-century pieces brought back from Italy in 1688, while the altar table is also from the 17th century, though the upper part of the columns and pediment are later replacements.