The Chalet is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1972. A Late C19 Summer house. 2 related planning applications.
The Chalet
- WRENN ID
- deep-plaster-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1972
- Type
- Summer house
- Period
- Late C19
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP 81 SE ASTON CLINTON ASTON HILL
5/1 The Chalet (formerly listed as "The Chalet", Halton) 21.7.72
- II
Summer house or Pavilion now a house, built 1887-8 for Alfred de Rothschild of Halton House for entertaining guests, reputedly by an Austrian architect, Modelled on an Alpine chalet with timber ground floor and loft on a brick basement. Large shallow pitched tiled roof sweeping down over side verandahs, 1 chimney, South gable front verandah with 4 large posts on red brick bases, braced to tiebeams, rustic balustrades to verandah and balcony, the latter with a band of rustic palissading below. Walls finished with panels of logs set in patterns . Heavy plate glass mullioned and transomed windows. Interior: 3 rooms retain painted and gilded panelling, decorative leather lining and silk tapestry hangings. History. Visited by Edward VIII who was a friend of Alfred de Rothschild. (see 'Beechwoods and Bayonets - the Book of Halton, by A.E. Adam, Buckingham 1983).
Listing NGR: SP8885310109
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