Description

SP 81 SE ASTON CLINTON ASTON HILL

5/1 The Chalet
(formerly listed as "The
Chalet", Halton)
21.7.72

- II

Summer house or Pavilion now a house, built 1887-8 for Alfred de
Rothschild of Halton House for entertaining guests, reputedly
by an Austrian architect, Modelled on an Alpine chalet with timber
ground floor and loft on a brick basement. Large shallow pitched
tiled roof sweeping down over side verandahs, 1 chimney, South
gable front verandah with 4 large posts on red brick bases, braced
to tiebeams, rustic balustrades to verandah and balcony, the latter with
a band of rustic palissading below. Walls finished with panels of logs
set in patterns . Heavy plate glass mullioned and transomed windows.
Interior: 3 rooms retain painted and gilded panelling, decorative
leather lining and silk tapestry hangings. History. Visited by
Edward VIII who was a friend of Alfred de Rothschild. (see
'Beechwoods and Bayonets - the Book of Halton, by A.E. Adam,
Buckingham 1983).

Listing NGR: SP8885310109

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26417301

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)