Orangery is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Orangery.

Orangery

WRENN ID
vacant-cellar-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Trafford
Constituency
Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1985
Type
Orangery
Address
Orangery, Dunham Massey
OS grid reference
SJ 735 875
Coordinates
53.3838, -2.39935
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The orangery at Dunham Park dates from around 1720 and features Flemish bond brickwork with a stone slate roof. It is designed with one row of five bays and has a hipped roof. The building has a stone plinth and a timber eaves cornice. There are five tall semi-circular headed window openings with stone sills, fitted with sash windows, and the central window includes a door opening. At the rear, there is a small yard enclosed by walls topped with stone copings.

Local climate

Orangery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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