Orangery is a Grade II* listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Orangery.

Orangery

WRENN ID
young-dormer-jackdaw
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1986
Type
Orangery
Address
Orangery, Romsey
OS grid reference
SU 354 200
Coordinates
50.97918, -1.49662
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Orangery is an 18th-century pre-Palmerston structure located in the Broadlands Estate. It is designed as a rectangular block featuring five tall sash windows along the long south side. A western portico was added in 1769 by Capability Brown, and the building was extended four bays eastward in 1788 by Holland, with the eastern section being top-glazed by W. E. Nesfield in 1875. The walls are made of yellow brick and include rubbed flat arches, as well as a stone eaves band with a fascia that has flutes and circles above a moulding. The full-height sashes enhance the overall design. The portico features a central niche flanked by pedimented doorways and is supported by four Ionic columns, with the outer columns coupled with square columns at the corners. Above this is a modillion entablature and a pediment. The eastern section concludes with a flat plain gable, which serves as a backdrop for a wide fluted urn on a garlanded plinth, with tall windows positioned below the eaves level.

Local climate

Orangery receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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