The Orangery And Adjoining Walls About 120 Yards West Of Hanbury Hall

HANBURY CP SCHOOL ROAD (north side) SO 96 SW 3/129 (11/2(A)) The Orangery and adjoining walls about 14.3.69 120 yards west of Hanbury Hall GV II*

Orangery and adjoining walls. c1750. Red brick in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings and hipped plain tiled roof behind parapet. Long rectangular plan aligned roughly east/west. Single storey with moulded eaves cornice. Main south elevation: nine bays of which the central three break forward and are pedimented; windows are tall 40-pane sashes with moulded architraves and gauged flat heads; the central window opens to ground level to form main entrance; flanking windows have continuous sandstone sill. Pediment contains a carved basket of fruit, flowers and wreaths; pediment and parapet are sur- mounted by urn and pineapple finials. Interior: moulded cornice and quarry- tiled floor. The rear wall is adjoined at each side by a brick wall with a sandstone coping about 7 feet high; each wall runs for a distance of about 8 yards before returning south for a further 6 yards. (VCH 3 (ii), p 373; BoE, p 186; Country Life, xxxix, CXLiii 18 and 66, Gardens, X 368; Hanbury Hall, The National Trust Official guidebook, 1981, p 30).

Listing NGR: SO9424463697