Orangery At Lockinge Stables

The orangery at Lockinge Stables dates from around 1730 and is constructed of red and blue brick in English bond, featuring vitrified bricks in the front header bond with red brick dressings. It has a clay plain tile roof with a corbelled brick eaves course, designed with a two-span structure, although the valley is now covered with a flat roof. The building has a rectangular plan and a symmetrical seven-bay front, which includes tall segmental arch windows fitted with 20th-century window frames. There is a round arch doorway on the eastern side, and at the rear, a large doorway with a concrete lintel and sliding doors. Inside, the walls are plastered, and there are large chamfered tie-beams that support two-span collar trusses. Although the valley is now roofed over, a wooden valley gutter is still in place, and the inner facing pitches were once glazed.