Chicheley Hall
CHICHELEY HALL, HALL LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1212277
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Chicheley Hall
- Statutory Address:
- CHICHELEY HALL, HALL LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1212277
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Chicheley Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHICHELEY HALL, HALL 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:
- CHICHELEY HALL, HALL LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Chicheley
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 90556 45853
Details
SP 94 NW CHICHELEY HALL LANE
3/17
3.3.52 Chicheley Hall
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GV I
Country House. 1719 - 21 for Sir John Chester Bt., built by Francis Smith, design attributed to Thomas Archer. Red brick with elaborate stone enrichments. Flat lead roof behind parapets, panelled brick chimneys with stone cornices. 2 storeys with semi-basement and high attic above main cornice. S. front of 9 bays with fluted corinthian giant pilasters at corners and between 2nd and 3rd bays, above which the cornice sweeps up in curves each side of the 3 bay centre, with elaborately carved frieze. and giant pilasters on tall plinths, Central door with surround of fluted pilasters, cornice and segmental pediment supported on reversed curving sections. Sash windowswith stone architrave surrounds, keyblocks and gauged brick aprons, those in central section with semicircular arched heads. Attic storey has panelled pilasters above main order, supporting small frieze and cornice at head of parapet. E. front of 7 bays with Doric giant pilasters at corners and flanking central 3 bays. Central door with architrave surround and broken pediment with central roundel. Central attic window has arched head. N. front has projecting 3 bay wings each side with gauged brick giant pilasters and arched shell niches to each central bay, with statues to ground and 1st floors. 4 bay recessed centre with 2 tall staircase windows with semicircular arched heads. W. Front of 5 irregular bays with brick pilasters each side, arched staircase window to right breaking through cornice. Modern glazed porch. Interior: Entrance Hall with Corinthian surround to front door and triple arched screen with marble columns leading to staircase, said to be designed by Flitcroft when workingfor Kent. Ceiling painting attributed to Kent. Fine staircase, and 3 panelled rooms on E. front with Corinthian pilasters flanking fireplaces, First floor room with Jacobean over mantel, perhaps from the earlier house. Attic contains Sir John Chester's 'secret' Library with shelves behind doors disguised as panelling. The garden setting of Chicheley Hall together with its auxiliary buildings listed below is largely contemporary, having been designed by George London, and includes the southern avenue approach, the south forecourt, the formal water garden on the east side and wall garden on the north side. See Country Life vol XVII p 594, LXXIX pp 482, 508,535 (Arthur Oswald) and Vol CLVII no 4050 pp 378-381 (Marcus Binney) Records of Bucks XVii 1961.
Listing NGR: SP9054545859
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 396767
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 17, (), 594
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 17, (), 378-381
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 17, (), 482
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 17, (), 508
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 17, (), 535
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 4 Buckinghamshire,
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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