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England

Chalfont Park House (Brudenells) (Bulstrodes)

  • Earlier Houses: There were probably a number of earlier houses on, or near, the site of the current house.

    House & Family History: Chalfont began life as an Elizabethan manor house (though there were probably even earlier elements); in the 1750s it was rebuilt in the Strawberry Hill Gothic style. In 1791 the estate was purchased by Thomas Hibbert (1744-1819), who returned from Jamaica in 1780 with a fortune made in the West Indies. Hibbert hired John Nash to transformed the house, which he did in the early 19th century (Hibbert also commissioned a number of watercolor views of the Chalfont Estate from Thomas Girtin; most of these are today in private collections; however, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery has in its collection a circa 1800 Girtin watercolor of Chalfont Lodge, which was designed by Nash). In the 1830s Anthony Salvin rebuilt Chalfont again, this time in the Gothic style.

  • Architect: Edwin Landseer Lutyens

    Date: 1913
    Designed: Italianate sunken garden

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    Architect: Lancelot Brown

    Date: 1763
    Designed: Landscaping, which may not have been executed.

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    Architect: John Nash

    Date: 1799-1800
    Designed: Alterations and additions for Thomas Hibbert

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    Architect: Richard Bentley

    Date: Circa 1760
    Designed: Stables in Gothic style for Lady Mary Churchill

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    Architect: John Chaloner Chute

    Date: 1755
    Designed: Helped remodel House in Strawberry Hill Gothic style for Lady Mary Churchill

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    Architect: Anthony Salvin

    Date: 1836
    Designed: Remodeled House in Gothic style

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  • Title: Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour
    Author: Smith, Greg
    Year Published: 2002
    Reference: pgs. 104, 184
    Publisher: London: Tate Publishing
    ISBN: 0810962543
    Book Type: Softback

    Title: Movie Locations: A Guide to Britain & Ireland
    Author: Adams, Mark
    Year Published: 2000
    Publisher: London: Boxtree
    ISBN: 0752271695
    Book Type: Softback

    Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
    Author: Colvin, Howard
    Year Published: 1995
    Reference: pg. 247
    Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
    ISBN: 0300072074
    Book Type: Softback

  • House Listed: Grade II

    Park Listed: Not Listed

  • "Thunderball" (1965 - as Shrublands health clinic).
  • Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSES: John Goys, 1316-20. Geoffrey Bulstrode, 1320-circa 1342. Edmund Brudenell, until 1469. William Drury, until 1626. Henry Bulstrode, early 17th century. Sir Thomas Allen, mid-17th century. George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, late 17th century. Edward Penn, late 17th century. John Wilkins, early 18th century. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: Lady Mary Churchill and Charles Churchill, 1755-1812. Thomas Hibbert, 1791-1819; John Nembhard Hibbert, 1835-86. John Bathurst Akroyd, 1899-1905. Edward Mackay Edgar, early 20th century.

    Current Ownership Type: Corporation

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Offices

    Ownership Details: Today offices of Citrix Systems (UK) Ltd.

  • House Open to Public: No

    Phone: 01753-276-200

    Website: https://www.citrix.com/

    Historic Houses Member: No

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