Foundation Walls of Paxtons Great Conservatory is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Foundation walls.

Foundation Walls of Paxtons Great Conservatory

WRENN ID
eastward-frieze-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1987
Type
Foundation walls
Address
Foundation Walls of Paxtons Great Conservatory, Chatsworth, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 262 697
Coordinates
53.22402, -1.60848
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The foundation walls of Paxton's Great Conservatory, built between 1836 and 1840 by Joseph Paxton, stand about three feet high. They are made of coursed squared sandstone and feature low, slightly inward leaning walls that consist of nineteen by eight bays. These bays are divided by square battered piers topped with flat copings, and each bay has a blind segmental arch. Currently, the walls enclose a maze, but they originally supported the renowned ridge and furrow glass house known as the Great Stove, which was demolished around 1920. The Gardens and Park are listed on the Gardens Register at Grade I.

Local climate

Foundation Walls of Paxtons Great Conservatory receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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