Kitchen Garden And Orchard Walls With Attached Orangery And Outbuildings South Of Shottesbrooke Park

The kitchen garden and orchard walls, along with an attached orangery and outbuildings, are located south of Shottesbrooke Park and date from the 18th and 19th centuries. These structures are constructed from red and orange bricks in Flemish bond, while the orangery is made of stock brick also in Flemish bond, all topped with slate roofs.

The site features two large rectangular enclosures; the southern enclosure contains the orchard, with the orangery situated on its north side facing south. The outbuildings are located on the north side of the orangery and face east along the kitchen garden's northern enclosure. The walls are nearly 3 metres high, featuring a chamfered plinth and an overhanging weathered top.

The orangery has a rectangular plan with a hipped glass roof and is one storey high. Its west front has three bays, a moulded brick string at impost level, and a moulded and dentilled brick eaves cornice beneath the parapet. The orangery includes semi-circular headed sash windows with glazing bars and radiating glazing bars at the heads. Lean-to side wings flank the orangery, with a gauged-brick arch over the doorway on the right and a similar arch on the left, although the left doorway is blocked.

The outbuildings include a fruit store attached to the orangery on its north side, which has a rectangular plan and two storeys. The north front has four bays, a parapet, and segmental-arched heads to the openings. Pilasters with moulded tops extend to the bottom of the parapet, and the openings feature vertical bars between the pilasters. There is a planked door in the first bay and small openings in the second and fourth bays.

Additionally, there is a lean-to range of stables and gardeners' bothies along the east wall. The left part of the stable is gabled and projects forward, featuring a blocked semi-circular headed blind opening in the tympanum, with two openings with vertical bars on each side of a wide planked door. The right gable has been altered to serve as garages, with two similar openings and planked doors between the gables. The offices attached to the north are noted as having no special interest.