Pumphouse Gazebo Orangery And Garden Wall Chiddingstone Castle

The Pumphouse, gazebo, orangery, and garden wall at Chiddingstone Castle date from around 1797 and were part of alterations made by William Atkinson. They originally contributed to an impressive skyline when the south front of Chiddingstone Castle served as the main entrance. The garden wall is constructed of coursed ashlar sandstone with a rear face of red brick featuring grey headers. It extends approximately 80 meters in a south-westerly direction and then about 30 meters eastward, standing around 12 feet tall with stone coping, a series of stone buttresses, some blank loop lights, and two arched entrances leading into the kitchen garden.

At the north-east corner, there is an octagonal sandstone pump house, which is crenellated and features pseudo-machicolations. It has loop lights on the first floor and pointed arched fixed casements on the ground floor, along with an arched doorcase that contains a 20th-century plank door. Inside, there is a wooden hoist mechanism for the well and a four-centred arched fireplace.

The gazebo, located at the south-east angle of the wall, is a one-storey square structure made of sandstone ashlar, topped with a crenellated parapet and a moulded eaves cornice. It has imitation loop lights above arched sash windows on two sides, and the east side features an arched plank doorcase. The interior includes a dado rail and a wooden fireplace with a cast iron firegrate.

At the south-west corner is the former orangery, also built of sandstone ashlar. It has a rectangular shape with a splayed front, which includes five pointed arches, a moulded cornice, and two steps. The roof and windows were removed in the 20th century.