The Summer House (The Orangery)
THE SUMMER HOUSE (THE ORANGERY)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1119718
- Date first listed:
- 15-Dec-1997
- List Entry Name:
- The Summer House (The Orangery)
- Statutory Address:
- THE SUMMER HOUSE (THE ORANGERY)
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1119718
- Date first listed:
- 15-Dec-1997
- List Entry Name:
- The Summer House (The Orangery)
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE SUMMER HOUSE (THE ORANGERY)
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 SUMMER HOUSE (THE ORANGERY)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Shirburn
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 69301 96186
Details
SU69NE
1696/4/10002
SHIIRBURN
SHIRBURN CASTLE The Summer House (The Orangery)
GV II*
Orangery. Circa 1720 to 1740s. Ashlar front; brick rear wall and lead semi-domical roof. Semi-circular on plan with Roman Doric tetrastyle portico on front with triglyph frieze and pediment with acroteria. Large 3-stage sashes between the columns with small panes. INTERIOR: Walls plastered.
NOTE: The Orangery was built possibly by Sir Thomas Parker, First Earl of Macclesfield, or by his son George, the Second Earl, in the 1730s or 1740s.
Listing NGR: SU6930196186
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469216
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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