The Orangery, Bitton House is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1979. Orangery. 1 related planning application.
The Orangery, Bitton House
- WRENN ID
- outer-wattle-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1979
- Type
- Orangery
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TEIGNMOUTH
SX9373 BITTON PARK ROAD 25-1/4/102 (South side) 23/08/79 The Orangery, Bitton House (Formerly Listed as: BITTON PARK ROAD (South side) The Orangery at Bitton House)
GV II
Orangery. Early C19. Painted stone plinth, stucco and wood with a hipped glazed roof. Rectangular plan with canted bays to the returns and a curved bay to the rear. EXTERIOR: Single-storey; symmetrical 9-window range. Windows are in groups of 3 articulated by octagonal painted wood pilasters and encompassed by a cornice surrounding the building. The semicircular-arched 6/6-pane sash windows with painted wood spandrels to front and sides have radial glazing bars to the tops and panelled pilasters supporting continuous moulded archivolts. The central range, stepped slightly forward, has double doors below the central window. INTERIOR: a full-height hemi-spherical recess occupies the curved rear bay. A distinguished and "forceful" (Pevsner)design.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989: 798).
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