Chalfont House And Attached Railings

Chalfont House is a villa built between 1833 and 1850, featuring attached railings. It is constructed of stucco over brick and has a hipped slate roof with a stucco ridge stack and iron railings. The building stands two storeys high with a basement and has five first-floor windows arranged in a 2:2:1 pattern, with the central two-window section projecting slightly.

At the ground floor, there is a single-storey porch that projects to the right, balanced by a similar projection on the left. The stucco detailing includes tooled architraves around the windows, a first-floor band topped with pilaster strips, and a crowning cornice along the projecting section. The windows throughout are 6/6 sashes. The entrance is located to the right and features a splayed flight of six roll-edged steps, with the lower steps being curved, leading up to a four-panel door set within a shallow Ionic porch that has a pulvinated frieze and cornice. To the left of the entrance, there is a projecting niche with a tooled surround, and the projecting range has raised ends. The rear of the building retains 6/6 sash windows.

The interior has not been inspected. The railings flanking the steps have stick balusters and a wreathed handrail. At the rear, there is a verandah that has been glazed in and features a latticework balustrade.

Historically, The Park was laid out by its owner Thomas Billings by 1833 as an oval tree-lined drive with a central park, which briefly became a zoological garden in the mid-19th century. In 1839, the development was purchased by Samuel Daukes, who continued the building process. Chalfont House is one of the key developments influenced by the designs of John White and John Nash for Regent's Park in London between 1809 and 1811.