Orangery And Wall And Outbuildings 90 Metres East Of Hopton Court

HOPTON WAFERS

SO67NW Orangery, wall and outbuildings 90 582-1/1/139 metres east of Hopton Court 19/10/95 (Formerly Listed as: Orangery east of Hopton Court)

GV II*

Orangery. c1820, for Thomas Botfield, ironmaster. Cast-iron and glass, stone piers and rendered brick rear walls. PLAN: rectangular on plan, orangery built against a tall brick heated back wall with an arch through to a barrel-vaulted glazed transept at the rear with brick walls; in the angles at the back are hovels, that to the north having a furnace in the basement. EXTERIOR: the orangery has 9 bays with stone piers to the central doorway and at the corners. The bays are divided by the cast-iron main frames, the bays with small panes and iron glazing bars. The sides and roof are similarly divided and the roof has a semi-elliptical profile with curved ribs and glass. The doors have margin glazing bars. The Orangery at Hopton Court is a rare and particularly fine example of an early C19 conservatory.

Listing NGR: SO6419376552