The Orangery
THE ORANGERY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1170208
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Orangery
- Statutory Address:
- THE ORANGERY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1170208
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Orangery
- Statutory Address 1:
- 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 ORANGERY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Mamhead
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 92887 80953
Details
MAMHEAD MAMHEAD PARK SX 98 SW
5/333 The Orangery 11.11.52 II*
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Garden building, converted to a house. Probably 1740s in origin, designed for Thomas Ball (died 1749), the owner of Old Mamhead House, "a great planter and sylviculturist" (Hussey). Hussey suggests that the original building may have been inspired by Archer's water house at Chatsworth and may have had a cascade descending from it. Designs for improvements at Old Mamhead by Robert Adam in 1769 are said to include a drawing for the conversion of a water house to a temple and to refer to this building (Hussey), which was later converted to a gardener's cottage. Ashlar Bathstone faced on to rubble with Portland stone dressings and a Portland stone dome. Sited to command a spectacular view to the east towards the Exe estuary, the view framed by C18 tree planting with extensive new planting carried out by the present owner. Plan: L plan; the main range single-storey with a polygonal domed projection in the centre and a rear left wing which is a later addition (information from owner). Exterior: Single-storey. 5-sided central projection crowned with a dome and cupola, 2 bays to the left of the projection, 2 bays to the right. Deep plinth below a moulded string, plain parapet with a moulded cornice above a moulded string. Left and right pilasters crowned with urns, pilasters to the projections, the central bay of the projection crowned with an oval stone tablet in a scrolled frame with a ball finial. The dome pilasters and keyblocks. The central openings in the projection has a window with round-headed glazing bars: the other windows in the projection and in the left and right bays are 2-light mullioned windows with moulded stone frames and cornices. Interior: Not inspected at time of survey. Documentation about the gardens of Old Mamhead is said to be held by the Fitzwilliam, Museum in Cambridge. (Information from owner). Hussey, C. English Countr Houses: Late Georgian (1958)
Listing NGR: SX9288780953
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 85980
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hussey, C, English Country Houses Late Georgian 1800 to 1840, (1958)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 11 Devon,
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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