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HANBURY CP SCHOOL ROAD (north side)
SO 96 SW
3/129 (11/2(A)) The Orangery and
adjoining walls about
14.3.69 120 yards west of
Hanbury Hall
GV II* Orangery and adjoining walls. c1750. Red brick in Flemish bond with ashlar
dressings and hipped plain tiled roof behind parapet. Long rectangular plan
aligned roughly east/west. Single storey with moulded eaves cornice.
Main south elevation: nine bays of which the central three break forward and
are pedimented; windows are tall 40-pane sashes with moulded architraves and
gauged flat heads; the central window opens to ground level to form main
entrance; flanking windows have continuous sandstone sill. Pediment contains
a carved basket of fruit, flowers and wreaths; pediment and parapet are sur-
mounted by urn and pineapple finials. Interior: moulded cornice and quarry-
tiled floor. The rear wall is adjoined at each side by a brick wall with a
sandstone coping about 7 feet high; each wall runs for a distance of about
8 yards before returning south for a further 6 yards. (VCH 3 (ii), p 373;
BoE, p 186; Country Life, xxxix, CXLiii 18 and 66, Gardens, X 368; Hanbury Hall,
The National Trust Official guidebook, 1981, p 30).
Listing NGR: SO9424463697
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Sources
Books and journals Hanbury Hall, (1981), 30 Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Worcester, (1913), 373 Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, (1968), 186 'Country Life' in Country Life, , Vol. 10, (1901), 368 'Country Life' in Country Life, , Vol. 143, (1968), 18 66 'Country Life' in Country Life, , Vol. 34, ()Other Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 20 Hereford and Worcester,
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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