Editing Chartwell (section)

=== Exterior ===
Churchill employed the architect Philip Tilden, who worked from 1922 to 1924 to modernise and extend the house.{{sfn|Bettley|1987|p=16}} Tilden was a "[[High society (social class)|Society]]" architect who had previously worked for Churchill's friend [[Philip Sassoon]] at his Kent home, [[Port Lympne Mansion|Port Lympne]],{{sfn|Aslet|2005|p=61}} and had designed [[Lloyd George]]'s house, [[Bron-y-de]], at [[Churt]].{{sfn|Bettley|1987|p=15}} The architectural style is [[vernacular architecture|vernacular]]. The house is constructed of red brick, of two storeys, with a basement and extensive attics.<ref name="listed" /> The 18th-century doorcase in the centre of the entrance front was purchased from a London antiques dealer.{{sfn|Garnett|2008|p=17}} The architectural historian [[John Newman (architectural historian)|John Newman]] considered it, "large and splendid and out of place".{{sfn|Newman|2002|p=199}} The garden wall on Mapleton Road is modelled on that at [[Quebec House]], the home of [[General Wolfe]] in nearby Westerham.{{sfn|Fedden|1974|p=21}}

On the garden front, Tilden threw up a large, three-storey extension with stepped gables, called by Churchill "my promontory", which contains three of the house's most important rooms, the dining room, in the lower-storey basement, and the drawing room and Lady Churchill's bedroom above.{{sfn|Garnett|2008|p=16}}
[[File:Chartwell - the Entrance front.jpg|thumb|left|The entrance front – "long, indecisive (and) close to the road"]]