Building record 0410000000 - NEWLANDS PARK

Summary

Late eighteenth century country house at Newlands Park, used as a college of further education in the twentieth century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332528: NEWLANDS PARK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (DBC7016)

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Type and Period (2)

  • COUNTRY HOUSE (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

NOTED ON 1788 MAP AS SMALL SETTLEMENT (B2).
BELONGED TO SAUNDERS, HOPKINS, CROKE, GOTT, ALLEN, STEVENS & HARBEN FAMILIES. GEORGIAN STYLE ADDED BY HARBEN (B4-5).
Grade II. Late C18. Cement rendered, hipped old tile roof with cornice and parapet. Centre of 2 storeys and 5 bays has chamfered rusticated ground floor with hexastyle fluted Doric portico on podium, plain 1st floor with 5 windows in architraves. Recessed 3 bay side wings of one storey with semi-basement; panelled pilasters between upper windows. Early C20 additions to garden front with mullioned and transomed stone windows. Pergola and garden rooms with rusticated brick quoins, modillion eaves and pyramid tiled roofs. Interior largely Gothicised between 1903 and 1910 (B7).
AT NGR (B8).
Cultural heritage and archaeology assessment recommended that archaeological evaluation work be undertaken prior to the redevelopment of the site (B9).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC1519 Bibliographic reference: BCM ENVELOPE FILE 4100.
  • <2>SBC6735 Map: JEFFERYS T. 1788 MAP OF BUCKS..
  • <3>SBC1978 Map: BRYANT A. 1825. MAP OF BUCKS..
  • <4>SBC14120 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P.828.
  • <5>SBC15831 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3. PP193-194..
  • <6>SBC11832 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N. 1960. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1960..
  • <7>SBC19433 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p12.
  • <8>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <9>SBC24111 Unpublished document: WSP Environmental. 2007. Chalfont Campus: Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Assessment.
  • <10>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.

Location

Grid reference TQ 01216 93811 (point) (Exact)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13592)

Record last edited

Mar 7 2018 1:56PM

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