Chalfont Park
Chalfont Park | |
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Former names | Brudenells, Bulstrodes |
General information | |
Type | Country house |
Architectural style | Strawberry Hill Gothic |
Town or city | Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Chalfont Park, formerly known as Brudenells and Bulstrodes, is an English country house and estate near the village of Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire.
History
First house
Chalfont Park developed from an area of land the size of two
Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Brudenell and wife of
Second house
The trustees of
Between 1799 and 1800,[11] John Nash was employed to enlarge the house and added a clock tower.[9] J. M. W. Turner also visited the estate and painted two watercolours of the house in 1800.[13] Thomas died childless in 1819 and Chalfont Park was inherited by his brother Robert who bequeathed the estate to his son John Nembhard Hibbert on his death in 1835.[11] In 1836, Anthony Salvin was employed to lay out a cricket pitch,[12] and remodel the house by adding heraldic emblems and gargoyles and filling in the front arcades.[9] John Nembhard Hibbert's executors sold Chalfont Park to Captain Berton after his death in 1886,[15] and parts of the estate was sold separately to form the town of Gerrards Cross.[13] Berton had a cricket pitch laid out to the north of the house in 1887.[16] The house was advertised for sale in June 1888, but was not sold.[13] An ancient coin found at the park in 1889 is considered one of the earliest forgeries in Britain.[17] Berton possessed the estate until its sale to John Bathurst Akroyd in 1899,[15] who put the estate up for sale in 1905 and was bought by Edward Mackay Edgar in 1910.[13]
The orangery became an accelerated test facility for painted and anodised aluminium whilst the squash courts were converted to workshops. Members of the canoe club of British Aluminium Company formed the Chalfont Park Canoe Club in 1952.[22] The 1965 film Thunderball was partly filmed at Chalfont Park House.[23] The lake was dredged and the west side landscaped in 1985.[14] In the late 20th century, Chalfont Lodge was destroyed and a care home was constructed in its place.[9] Alcan Chemicals Ltd, the successor of British Aluminium Company, vacated the estate in July 1999,[24] and the research laboratories were subsequently redeveloped into a business park in 2000/2001.[25] Since 2008, the gardener's cottage, lodge, and pavilion have been owned by Buttercups Nursery Limited and used as a nursery.[26] As of 2015, Chalfont Park House is leased by Citrix Systems,[27] and the kitchen garden has been replaced by a car park.[14]
Gallery
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Thomas Girtin's watercolour of the house in 1796
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Thomas Girtin's watercolour of the lodge
References
- ^ Elvey (1961), p. 24
- ^ Elvey (1961), p. 25
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Page (1925), pp. 193-198
- ^ "Drurys of Suffolk". Drewry Net. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ Edmonds & Baker (2003), p. 30
- ^ a b Edmonds & Baker (2003), p. 60
- ^ Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Chalfont Park (2016), p. 5
- ^ a b Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Chalfont Park (2016), p. 8
- ^ a b c d e f Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Chalfont Park (2016), p. 9
- ^ Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Chalfont Park (2016), pp. 5-6
- ^ a b c Hall et al. (2014), p. 219
- ^ a b "Chalfont Park (landscape)". Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Chalfont Park (2016), p. 6
- ^ a b c Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Chalfont Park (2016), p. 11
- ^ a b Hall et al. (2014), p. 221
- ^ Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Chalfont Park (2016), p. 10
- ^ Head (2014), p. 75
- ^ "History". Gerrards Cross Golf Club. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Edmonds & Baker (2003), p. 25
- ^ Chalfont St Peter Village Design Statement (2011) Archived 2017-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, p. 8
- ^ a b Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Chalfont Park (2016), pp. 6-7
- ^ "The Club". Chalfont Park Canoe Club. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Chalfont Park House, Buckinghamshire, UK". Bond Lifestyle. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ ALCAN CHEMICALS LIMITED. Companies House Beta
- ^ "Chalfont Park House" (PDF). Bray Fox Smith. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Buttercups at Chalfont". MyEd. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ Bucks Gardens Trust, Site Dossier: Chalfont Park (2016), p. 7
Bibliography
- Edmonds, G. C.; Baker, Audrey (2003). A History of Chalfont St Peter and Gerrards Cross, and A History of Bulstrode. Colin Smythe Limited.
- Elvey, Elizabeth M. (1961). "The Abbot of Missenden's Estates in Chalfont St. Peter" (PDF). Records of Buckinghamshire. 17 (Pt. 1).
- Hall, Catherine; McClelland, Keith; Draper, Nick; Donington, Kate; Lang, Rachel (2014). Legacies of British Slave-Ownership: Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain. Cambridge University Press.
- Head, J.F. (2014). Early Man in South Buckinghamshire: An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Region. Butterworth-Heinemann.
- Page, William (1925). "Parishes: Chalfont St. Peter". A History of the County of Buckingham, vol. 3. Victoria County History.