The Orangery

THE ORANGERY

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1374705
Date first listed:
03-Jan-1967
List Entry Name:
The Orangery
Statutory Address:
THE ORANGERY
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1374705
Date first listed:
03-Jan-1967
Date of most recent amendment:
17-Nov-1986
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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
THE ORANGERY

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Staffordshire
District:
Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
Parish:
Farley
National Grid Reference:
SK 07474 43390

Details

FARLEY C.P. ALTON PARK SK 0643-0743 12/104 The Orangery (Formerly 3/1/67 listed as "The Pinery") GV II

Former orangery. c 1824. Probably by Robert Abraham. Ashlar with wrought iron dome. Aligned east-west facing south. One storey; 1:4:1 bays, the central bays have rounded segmental arches with glazed spandrels, springing from openwork piers, the end bays have rounded segmental arches flanked by panelled pilasters, and bracketed eaves, the left hand bay retains its decorative glazed dome. The Orangery was in a derelict condition at time of resurvey (May 1985). This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Gardens Register. B.o.E., p. 58; Colvin, p.27.

Listing NGR: SK0747443390

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
275099
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Colvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978), 27
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974), 58

Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 38 Staffordshire,

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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