Chalfont Park by Thomas Girtin
The house painted by Thomas Girtin was the second on the site, built as an homage to the Strawberry Hill Gothic house. By 1794, the estate was purchased by Thomas Hibbert who commissioned Humphry Repton to add a boathouse, icehouse, and widen River Misbourne to form a lake. By 1796, Thomas Girtin was invited to the estate to produce several paintings (two shown) above and below.
Chalfont Lodge by Thomas Girtin
Between 1799 and 1800, John Nash was brought to the estate to enlarge the house and construct a clock tower. It was during this time that painter J.M.W. Turner visited and made several paintings.
Chalfont House from the South-West 1799 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The estate would continue to go through many iterations during the next decade. Hibbert died without issue in 1819, and the estate was eventually bequeathed to his nephew in 1835.
