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
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1967
- Type
- Conservatory
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 98 SE LYME HANDLEY C.P. LYME PARK
4/64 14.4.67 The Orangery.
GV II*
Conservatory, with former brewhouse and laundry to rear, then boiler house and gardeners' accommodation: 1815 by Lewis Wyatt for Sir Thomas Legh; interior altered 1862 by A.Darbyshire for William Legh. Ashlar brown sandstone, pitched glass roof and 2 stone chimneys. One-storey, symmetrical 11-bay front. Central 3 bays cant forward and have tall rectangular, ovolo-moulded, lights with 3 mullions and 2 transoms and a semi-circular member through the upper lights. The same windows are in the 3 bays to either side and all bays are divided by Tuscan pilasters. End bays step forward with semi-circular headed niches containing urns with moulded panels above. Projecting moulded cornice supports balustrade. Attached parallel range to rear has ovolo-moulded, mullioned and transomed windows. Interior: Raised moulded copings around flower beds, central 3-storey, sub-classical fountain and a tiled floor has plaques of Legh arms and William Legh's initials. These replace 2 plunging pits and tiered, circular plant stand in Wyatt's original design, with an early use of under-floor heating, using waste heat from the brewhouse and laundry behind.
This building groups well with Wyatt's remodelled east front of Lyme Park (q.v.).
Listing NGR: SJ9652182382
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