Orangery About 150 Yards North East of Downton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1987. Orangery.
Orangery About 150 Yards North East of Downton Castle
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-landing-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1987
- Type
- Orangery
- OS grid reference
- SO 444 748
- Coordinates
- 52.36843, -2.81799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The orangery located about 150 yards northeast of Downton Castle is a mid-19th century structure, with some alterations made in the mid-20th century. It is constructed from a combination of sandstone rubble and sandstone ashlar, topped with a corrugated metal roof. The building has a rectangular plan oriented east to west, featuring a canted projection at the center of the rear elevation. It is a single-storey structure, with the north wall made of rubble, while the south and side walls are designed as a colonnade, creating a loggia with six bays and a central entrance on the south side, along with two bays on each side. The colonnades consist of ashlar columns that have entasis but lack true capitals or bases, resting on a chamfered ashlar base and featuring chamfered timber lintels. The roof is hidden behind an ashlar parapet, which is adorned with ball finials above each column. The orangery is positioned to face the main entrance of Downton Castle.
Local climate
Orangery About 150 Yards North East of Downton Castle receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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