The Gardener's Cottage

S079NW 823/15/100043

STOCKTON APLEY PARK The Gardener's Cottage

II Orangery/planthouse, converted into cottage. Circa mid to late C18; converted circa mid C19. Red brick with stone dressings. Slate roof behind parapet, originally hipped at rear and with central valley. Brick axial stack.

PLAN: original orangery was a single-cell rectangular building with three bays of large windows at front. In about the mid-late C19 it was converted into a cottage, a floor was inserted and a small wing was built at the back. Classical style.

EXTERIOR: two storeys, originally single storey. Symmetrical front, the three bay centre breaks forwards with a moulded stone pediment and cornice, surmounted by urns. Three full-height windows with gauged-brick flat arches, now interrupted by inserted floor and with two-light sashes with glazing bars inserted, the centre ground floor now a doorway with side- lights. Across the front of the ground floor is a five bay wooden trellis verandah. At rear a C19 gable-ended wing with a sixteen-pane sash in the end wall, and flanking outshuts.

INTERIOR: C19 conversion to cottage with inserted floor and partitions.

Listing NGR: SO7152298622