Description

PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH PARK
SK 27 SE
3/88
Swiss Cottage
II
Cottage. 1839, probably by Paxton and Robertson. Coursed
squared sandstone with sandstone dressings. Stone slate roof,
the slates of diamond shape. Two ashlar stacks. Deeply
overhanging on elaborate bracketed eaves with decorative
valancing. Two storeys. T-plan. West elevation has a
projecting gabled bay to left with bowed front. Round-arched
window to each floor with gothick glazing bars. The upper
window with decorative hoodmould. The gable also curves forward
and has elongated brackets and valancing, painted in blue and
white. To the right an open porch with round-arched doorway
with panelled door. Timber porch with a circular column at the
corner and palisaded parapet. To the right a round-arched
window to each floor, the upper one in a gabled half dormer with
decorative gable. Gothick glazing. Half hipped gable end to
south. To the right a blind wall with curved coped parapet. To
the left a curved single storey wing with one similar window and
set in front a shallow 'veranda' with palisaded parapet rising
to a gable. Plain glazing bar sashes to rear. Designed as an
eye-catcher to be seen across the lake. The Gardens and Park
are included on the Gardens Register at Grade I. Sources: G F
Chadwick The Works of Joseph Paxton, Architectural Press 1961.

Listing NGR: SK2734670105

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26653391

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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