Camellia House 100 Metres South West of Wollaton Hall
CAMELLIA HOUSE 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF WOLLATON HALL, WOLLATON PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1255271
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Camellia House 100 Metres South West of Wollaton Hall
- Statutory Address:
- CAMELLIA HOUSE 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF WOLLATON HALL, WOLLATON PARK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1255271
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Camellia House 100 Metres South West of Wollaton Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- CAMELLIA HOUSE 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF WOLLATON HALL, WOLLATON PARK
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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:
- CAMELLIA HOUSE 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF WOLLATON HALL, WOLLATON PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Nottingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 53213 39139
Details
NOTTINGHAM
SK53NW WOLLATON PARK 646-1/6/740 Camellia house 100m south-west of 12/07/72 Wollaton Hall (Formerly Listed as: WOLLATON The Camelia House at Wollaton Hall)
GV II*
Formerly known as: Conservatory at Wollaton Hall Wollaton. Camellia house. Dated 1823. By Sir Jeffry Wyatville. Heating equipment and possibly cast-ironwork, by Harrison of Derby. Cast-iron structure with fully glazed walls and roofs, and brick rear walls, rendered. Single storey; 10 bays. Polygonal plan. Fully glazed walls with glazing bars, divided by cast-iron Doric columns topped with urns, and cornice with breaks. East end wall, rendered, with a window in a round-arched recess under a pediment. North end similar, with cast-iron double doors and parapet. INTERIOR is divided by paths flanked by slender cast-iron columns with lotus-leaf capitals. Over the paths, sheet iron segmental vaults. The remainder of the roof is hipped. At the rear, a recess with glazed half-dome, flanked by smaller niches and freestanding Classical sculptures. 2 similar figures at the south end, one to north. This is an early example of a camellia house, and of iron and glass construction. The camellia was introduced to Europe c1790. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 279-280; Hunt P (ed): The Shell Gardens Book: London: 1964-: 102-103).
Listing NGR: SK5321339139
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 459096
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hunt, P, The Shell Gardens Book, (1964), 102-103
Williamson, E, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, (1979), 279-280
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 33 Nottinghamshire,
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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