The Orangery is a Grade II* listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. Conservatory.
The Orangery
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-iron-smoke
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1967
- Type
- Conservatory
- Address
- The Orangery, Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley, Cheshire East
- OS grid reference
- SJ 965 823
- Coordinates
- 53.33831, -2.05374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Orangery is a conservatory built in 1815 by Lewis Wyatt for Sir Thomas Legh, which originally included a brewhouse and laundry at the rear, as well as a boiler house and accommodation for gardeners. The interior was altered in 1862 by A. Darbyshire for William Legh. The structure is made of brown sandstone ashlar and features a pitched glass roof with two stone chimneys. It is a one-storey building with a symmetrical front consisting of 11 bays. The central three bays project forward and have tall rectangular windows that are ovolo-moulded, with three mullions and two transoms, and a semi-circular element in the upper lights. The same style of windows is found in the three bays on either side, all separated by Tuscan pilasters. The end bays also step forward and contain semi-circular headed niches with urns and moulded panels above. A projecting moulded cornice supports a balustrade.
At the rear, there is an attached parallel range with ovolo-moulded, mullioned, and transomed windows. Inside, there are raised moulded copings around flower beds, a central three-storey sub-classical fountain, and a tiled floor featuring plaques of the Legh arms and the initials of William Legh. These elements replaced the original design's two plunging pits and tiered circular plant stand, and the building includes an early use of under-floor heating, utilizing waste heat from the brewhouse and laundry. The Orangery is well grouped with Wyatt's remodelled east front of Lyme Park.
Local climate
The Orangery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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