Pearman House at the National Society for Epilepsy
Pearman House at the National Society for Epilepsy, Chesham Lane
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1124828
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Pearman House at the National Society for Epilepsy
- Statutory Address:
- Pearman House at the National Society for Epilepsy, Chesham Lane
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1124828
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1984
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 27-Aug-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Pearman House at the National Society for Epilepsy
- Statutory Address 1:
- Pearman House at the National Society for Epilepsy, Chesham Lane
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Pearman House at the National Society for Epilepsy, Chesham Lane
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chalfont St. Peter
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 00374 92535
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 July 2025 to amend the language in the description and to reformat the text to current standards
208/6/28
CHALFONT ST PETER
CHESHAM LANE
Pearman House at the National Society for Epilepsy
(Formerly listed as: CHESHAM LANE, PEARMAN HOUSE CHALFONT CENTRE (FOR EPILEPTICS))
30-JUL-84
GV
II
Villa accommodation for epileptics, originally for children. 1896-1898 to the designs of either Maurice B. Adams or E.C. Shearman.
Brick on ashlar plinth, with rendered first floor and tile-hung gables. Big tiled roof sweeping low over central two-storey range to meet those over single-storey wings to either side. It is a good example of the distinctive planning found at the Chalfont Centre, with a central two storey range containing communal living areas on the ground floor and staff accommodation above, with single storey wings to either side that formerly housed dormitories and a service range to the rear, since extended. Ground floor sash windows set in arched surrounds, with central stone oriel. First floor windows part renewed in uPVC. Small doors to sides, one long converted to a window, the other with timber door under simple hood.
The former Chalfont colony was founded in 1894 to give a normal, healthy village life to people with epilepsy. It pioneered the concept of a village community for patients with mental conditions, which was widely adopted, firstly for other epilepsy hospitals and in the inter-war period for institutions serving other mental conditions. Milton House and Pearman House stand on slightly higher ground within the village, and form a strong group with Greene House. These buildings at the Chalfont Centre form an important group, for their historic interest in the treatment of epilepsy and as examples, if altered, of Arts and Crafts architecture designed to give a domestic feel to a hospital institution.
Source
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, unpublished report NBR no.100291.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 44774
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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