Chiselhampton House

Chiselhampton House is a country house built in 1768 by Samuel Dowbiggin for Charles Peers. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond with limestone ashlar dressings and has three storeys plus a basement. The front of the house is symmetrical with three windows and features an ashlar plinth, a ground-floor sill band, and a first-floor storey band. A deep entablature slightly projects in the center over two pairs of Ionic pilasters, which rise from the storey band, and includes a triangular pediment that displays the Peers arms. The entablature stops just short of the corners, where rusticated quoins rise from the sill band. The windows are 12-pane sashes, with 6-pane sashes on the second floor, all having moulded architraves. The first-floor windows have a central triangular pediment with straight cornices on the outer bays. A stone porch with two Greek Doric columns, dating from around 1820, is located at the entrance. The return walls have pairs of two-storey canted bay windows with similar sashes; the left bays are now linked, while the right ground-floor windows have been covered. The plain garden front has five windows and a central stone doorway above a flight of steps. Three lead hopper heads are inscribed with "CP 1768". The hipped roof is concealed behind a plain parapet, which replaced a balustrade. Inside, the bow-ended three-storey stair hall features a sweeping cantilevered staircase with turned balusters and is illuminated by a glazed dome. The drawing room has canted ends and a white marble fireplace with Doric columns and a central carved panel.