Orangery With Walled Garden to Rear at Longleat House
ORANGERY WITH WALLED GARDEN TO REAR AT LONGLEAT HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1036392
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Orangery With Walled Garden to Rear at Longleat House
- Statutory Address:
- ORANGERY WITH WALLED GARDEN TO REAR AT LONGLEAT HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1036392
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1968
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 01-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Orangery With Walled Garden to Rear at Longleat House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ORANGERY WITH WALLED GARDEN TO REAR AT LONGLEAT HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ORANGERY WITH WALLED GARDEN TO REAR AT LONGLEAT HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Horningsham
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 80876 43120
Details
ST 84 SW,
2/139
HORNINGSHAM,
LONGLEAT PARK (north side),
Orangery with walled garden to rear at Longleat House
(formerly listed as Orangery at Longleat House)
11.09.68
GV
I
Orangery with walls enclosing garden to rear. Circa 1807 by Jeffrey
Wyatville for 2nd Marquess of Bath. Limestone ashlar, Welsh slate
hipped roof. Single storey with seven large glazed bays, the
centre with French windows up steps, flanked by narrow bays with
Doric pilasters and entablature, blocking course with balustraded
panels. Returns have three large glazed bays with central French
windows up stone steps, scrolled decoration to blocking course.
Rear is Flemish bond brick with central octagonal porch with French
windows, up stone steps.
Interior has flagstone floor, coved plaster ceiling, rear porch has
trellised partition with round-arched openings. Fittings include
two large stone urns on pedestals and square slate boxes for orange
trees, bolection-moulded tablet with plaster relief of classical
scene on rear wall. Garden walls attached to rear enclose
rectangular garden, coursed rubble stone with ashlar coping,
openings with studded or planked doors. Part of Wyatville's
additions and improvements to buildings in the park, Humphry
Repton was also involved in the siting of these buildings within
their landscape setting. (D. Burnett, Longleat, 1978; Longleat Red
Book by Repton and original plans, Longleat Archives.)
Listing NGR: ST8087643120
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 313360
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Burnett, D, Longleat, (1978)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 46 Wiltshire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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