Conservatory is a Grade II* listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1973. Conservatory. 1 related planning application.
Conservatory
- WRENN ID
- graven-steeple-wagtail
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington MP: Matt Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1973
- Type
- Conservatory
- Address
- Conservatory, CV34 4QX
- OS grid reference
- SP 281 646
- Coordinates
- 52.27969, -1.58841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The conservatory at Warwick Castle Park, built between 1786 and 1788, is a Grade II* listed structure designed by architect William Eboral. This late 18th-century building features a tall rectangular room with a segmental apse at the back. It has five large pointed arched sash windows with stone chamfered mullions and transoms, pointed arched glazing bars, and flush chamfered surrounds. The conservatory is supported by a plinth and features a cavetto cornice and a parapet with moulded coping, topped with a hipped tiled roof.
Inside, it houses the famous Warwick Vase, a white marble piece likely created in the 4th century BC by the Greek sculptor Lysippus of Sicyon. The vase was discovered in 1770 at Hadrian's Villa and was purchased by Sir William Hamilton, who later sold it to his nephew Grange Greville, the 2nd Earl of Warwick of the 4th creation. The vase is displayed on an inscribed marble pedestal from 1774.
The conservatory is part of a group that includes Warwick Castle, its boundary walls, stables, and lodge.
Local climate
Conservatory receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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