Orangery About 300 Metres West and 260 Metres South of Gibside is a Grade II* listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1950. Orangery.

Orangery About 300 Metres West and 260 Metres South of Gibside

WRENN ID
leaning-cinder-woodpecker
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1950
Type
Orangery
OS grid reference
NZ 172 586
Coordinates
54.92186, -1.73188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The orangery, located about 300 metres west and 260 metres south of Gibside, dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar and brick and stands as a single tall storey with seven bays. The building features pedimented doorways with a pulvinated frieze in the three-bay returns, and a Tuscan arcade that retains some glazing bars in the tall, empty round-headed openings. The eaves cornice is modillioned, and there is a blocking course adorned with some urns. Inside, the structure has a brick lining with an ashlar south arcade, and there is a central square structure that may have served as a fountain base. At the time of the survey, the orangery was roofless.

Local climate

Orangery About 300 Metres West and 260 Metres South of Gibside receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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