The Conservative Wall
THE CONSERVATIVE WALL
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1088178
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1967
- List Entry Name:
- The Conservative Wall
- Statutory Address:
- THE CONSERVATIVE WALL
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1088178
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 19-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Conservative Wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CONSERVATIVE WALL
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 CONSERVATIVE WALL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Derbyshire Dales (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chatsworth
- National Park:
- Peak District
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 26131 70229
Details
PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH GARDENS SK 2670 6/65 The Conservative Wall (formerly listed as 12.7.67 Forcing House or Arboretum at Chatsworth House) GV II Greenhouse. Built c1832 as a forcing wall, by Paxton and Robertson and made into a greenhouse in 1848-50 by Paxton. Sandstone ashlar, timber and glass. 331 feet long, 7 feet wide and stepped up the hillside, divided into eleven units. Ashlar wall to north without openings. Coped ashlar plinth to south surmounted by a superstructure of timber and glass. Vertical glazing bars of four bays to each unit. Decorative valance and parapet. Five units either side of the taller projecting entrance feature. This has a flight of stone steps up to a tall round-arched entrance with traceried fanlight. The Gardens and Park are included on the Gardens Register at Grade I. Sources: G F Chadwick The Works of Joseph Paxton Architectural Press 1961.
Listing NGR: SK2613170229
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 81631
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Chadwick, GF, The Works of Sir Joseph Paxton, (1961)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 10 Derbyshire,
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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