Building record 0085102000 - CHALFONT PARK HOUSE, AMERSHAM ROAD
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1332523: CHALFONT PARK HOUSE (PREMISES OF BRITISH ALUMINIUM COMPANY LIMITED)
- Planning Notification Area: 18th century country house and landscaped park at Chalfont Park
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Type and Period (3)
- MANOR HOUSE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
- COUNTRY HOUSE (Built 1755, 18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
- OFFICE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II. 1755 by John Chute, altered Nash c1800 and remodelled by Salvin, 1836, in Gothic style. House of eight bays and two storeys. Cement rendered with battlemented parapets. Central bays project with central two storey porch flanked by battlemented turrets. Five bay conservatory to right of projecting centre bays. Bay windows to left of porch. Hood mounds to arched windows, some four-centred. Garden front with central full-height canted bay windows, rendered with battlemented parapets to left of bay window, coped to right. Pointed arched windows with hood moulds. Interior: c1600 carved stone fireplaced in entrance hall inset contemporary bas-relief wood panels. Early C18 closed string staircase, above ground floor level (B7).
MANOR OF BRUDENELLS CALLED CHALFONT HOUSE, OR THE OLD PLACE (B2).
CHALFONT HOUSE DESIGNED C. 1755 IN THE NEW GOTHIC FASHION FOR GENERAL CHURCHILL BY JOHN CHUTE (B5).
Sources (3)
- <2>SBC7738 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP238-239.
- <5>SBC11683 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER .N. 1960. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE P.83..
- <7>SBC19433 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p8.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 00848 89530 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Dec 9 2009 6:28PM
