The Palm House Or Orangery
THE PALM HOUSE OR ORANGERY, CASTLE ASHBY PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1041606
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Palm House Or Orangery
- Statutory Address:
- THE PALM HOUSE OR ORANGERY, CASTLE ASHBY PARK
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1041606
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Palm House Or Orangery
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE PALM HOUSE OR ORANGERY, CASTLE ASHBY PARK
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:
- THE PALM HOUSE OR ORANGERY, CASTLE ASHBY PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Castle Ashby
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 86414 59074
Details
CASTLE ASHBY CASTLE ASHBY PARK SP8659 13/31 The Palm House or Orangery
GV II
Palm house. 1871. By Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, terracotta relief by Blashfieid. Limestone ashlar, cast iron and glass. Tripartite composition. Italian style. 13 bays. Central 3-bay pavilion has tall glazed arcade with pilasters supporting round-headed arches with console keyblocks. Terracotta roundels to spandrels of central arch. Moulded stone cornice and "attic" with long terracotta relief of classical figures. Octagonal glazed dome within balustraded parapet. One-bay pavilion either end with similar arcades, moulded cornices and balustraded parapets and lower 4-bay wings linking pavilions, with glazed bays separated by pilastered piers; plain entablature and balustraded parapet. Interior: central domed space is separated from wings by 3-bay stone arcades similar to that of facade and has central pool. Similar arcades separate wings from end pavilions. Wings have glazed triple-span roof on circular cast-iron columns. Palm House stands at head of central formal axis of Italian Garden. (Castle Ashby park and gardens are included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens for Northamptonshire at Grade I) (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire: 1973, p145)
Listing NGR: SP8641459074
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 235431
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1973), 145
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 30 Northamptonshire,
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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