Chalfont House And Attached Railings

CHELTENHAM

SO9320NE THE PARK 630-1/25/916 (South West side) 05/05/72 No.61 Chalfont House and attached railings

GV II

Villa and attached railings. c1833-50. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof, stucco ridge stack and iron railings. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement, 5 first-floor windows (2:2:1), the central 2-window range projects. Single-storey, single-bay porch projects at ground floor to right, balanced by similar projection to left. Stucco detailing includes tooled architraves to windows, first-floor band surmounted by pilaster strips, crowning cornice and blocking course to projecting 2-window range. 6/6 sashes throughout. Entrance to right, splayed flight of 6 roll-edged steps (the lower ones curved) to 4-panel door within shallow Ionic porch with pulvinated frieze and cornice. To left projecting a niche with tooled surround. Raised ends to projecting range. Rear retains 6/6 sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings to sides of steps have stick balusters and wreathed handrail. Rear verandah (now glazed in) has latticework balustrade. HISTORICAL NOTE: The Park had been laid out by 1833 by its owner Thomas Billings as an oval tree-lined drive with a central park which for a short period in the mid-C19 became a zoological garden. In 1839 the development was bought by Samuel Daukes who continued the building. One of the principal developments influenced by White's and Nash's schemes for Regent's Park, (1809-11) London. (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 36,92).

Listing NGR: SO9379920798