The Tennis Court and Orangery at Crabbet Park is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. Recreational facility, garden structure.
The Tennis Court and Orangery at Crabbet Park
- WRENN ID
- late-trefoil-tide
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1983
- Type
- Recreational facility, garden structure
- Address
- The Tennis Court and Orangery at Crabbet Park, Turners Hill Road, Worth
- OS grid reference
- TQ 305 373
- Coordinates
- 51.12068, -0.13604
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tennis Court and Orangery at Crabbet Park, built around 1900, dates from the time when the Crabbet Club was active in the house. The tennis court features nine bays constructed of red brick, with each bay flanked by stone pilasters. It has a stone balustraded parapet and a hipped tiled roof.
On the north side, the orangery, also consisting of nine bays, extends beyond the tennis court at a lower level. It includes round-headed double French windows with semi-circular fanlights set within stone architrave surrounds, and each bay is flanked by stone Tuscan half-columns. The orangery has a balustraded parapet with solid sections over the half-columns, topped with ball caps and a balustraded parapet in between. A prominent feature is the deep curved portico with six stone columns that projects further north.
To the west of the tennis court, there is an additional section of the orangery in a similar style, but it lacks round-headed windows and is currently roofless with no glass in the windows. To the east, there is a red brick section comprising three bays.
Local climate
The Tennis Court and Orangery at Crabbet Park receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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