Conservatories Attached to E Face of Avington House, Facing S

The conservatories attached to the east face of Avington House, facing south, consist of a pair of conservatories with an orangery in between. They incorporate part of a 17th-century Banqueting Hall and were constructed in the 18th century, with early and mid-19th-century elements. The brick walls behind the conservatories feature a linking wall supported by reused 17th-century rendered columns. The conservatories are made of cast iron and glass, with a central wall in the rear wing that is half-supported by a reused 17th-century colonnade. Originally, each side had a curved cast iron and glass roof that rested on a painted brick rear wall and a cast iron and glass screen linking to the conservatories at each end. This front part was removed in the early 20th century. The end quarters of the central wall form the rear wall of the domed, five-sided cast iron and glass conservatories, which have a round-headed glazing pattern on each face, with French windows in the center at the front and a two-tier dome above.