Orangery, Screen Wall And Potting Sheds Approximately 200 Metres North East Of Heath House

The orangery, screen wall, and potting sheds were built around 1830 by James Trubshaw and are located approximately 200 meters northeast of Heath House. The orangery is constructed from yellow sandstone ashlar and features a curved hipped glazed roof supported by cast iron glazing bars. It has a single-storey front on a stepped plinth with five bays. The outer bays project forward and are accentuated with pilasters at the corners, while the inner bays are divided by Ionic half columns. These columns support a deep frieze adorned with lion head corbels and a dentilled cornice, which has a raised step in the center featuring a seated girl with a dog. The front has round-arched openings with moulded imposts and arches, console keystones, and small-pane French casements.

The side elevations include one glazed bay styled similarly to the front, and the rear has a centrally placed entrance beneath the frieze and cornice, set against an otherwise plain facade. The main facade is flanked by screen walls with approximately three bays of recessed panels designed for training fruit espaliers, ending with piers. The rear sides of the screens feature lean-to potting sheds with slate roofs, symmetrically placed, each having two chamfered mullion windows and a boarded door.

Inside, the orangery has a stone flagged floor and plastered walls, though some plaster has been lost. High on the walls, the corbels appear to have supported a former roof but were used to hold fern baskets during the horticultural craze of the mid-19th century. An original drawing of the orangery from 1829, signed by James Trubshaw, exists. While most of the executed design is consistent with the drawing, the screen walls were originally intended to be longer and had urns as finials on the piers. Additionally, the central sculpture was meant to be much larger and depict a reclining figure. Drawings related to the project were in the possession of Mrs. Phillips at Heath House during the resurvey in August 1985.