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
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1987
Type
Foundation walls
Source
Historic England listing

Description

PARISH OF CHATSWORTH CHATSWORTH GARDENS SK 2669 6/77 Foundation Walls of Paxton's Great Conservatory

GV II

Foundation walls to about three feet in height of the Great Conservatory. 1836-40 by Joseph Paxton. Coursed squared sandstone. Low, slightly inward leaning walls of nineteen by eight bays, divided by square battered piers with flat copings. Each bay has a blind segmental arch. The walls now form an enclosure to the maze, but originally supported the famous ridge and furrow glass house known as the Great Stove which was demolished c1920. The Gardens and Park are included on the Gardens Register at Grade I. Sources: G F Chadwick, The Works of Joseph Paxton. Architectural Press 1961.

Listing NGR: SK2623769734

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