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Pickhurst is a
It was designed by the Scottish architect J.M. Brydon in 1885 as his own home. The design was influenced by the style of
grade II* listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
house set in of land near Chiddingfold
Chiddingfold is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Weald in the Waverley, Surrey, Waverley district of Surrey, England. It lies on the A283 road between Milford, Surrey, Milford and Petworth. The parish includes the h ...
, Surrey, England.
History
It was designed by the Scottish architect J.M. Brydon in 1885 as his own home. The design was influenced by the style of Norman Shaw
Richard Norman Shaw RA (7 May 1831 – 17 November 1912), also known as Norman Shaw, was a British architect who worked from the 1870s to the 1900s, known for his country houses and for commercial buildings. He is considered to be among the g ...
. In the 1950s a fire badly damaged the original service wing and internal courtyard necessitating their demolition. The building subsequently underwent a six-year renovation by Ian Adam-Smith.
References
Grade II* listed houses Grade II* listed buildings in Surrey Houses completed in 1885 Buildings designed by J. M. BrydonSee also
* Grade II* listed buildings in Waverley, Surrey {{Surrey-struct-stub