The orangery and linking wing walling to the north-west corner of Montacute House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Orangery.
The orangery and linking wing walling to the north-west corner of Montacute House
- WRENN ID
- dark-outpost-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Orangery
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST4917 7/124
MONTACUTE CP THE BOROUGH (North side, off) The orangery and linking wing walling to the north-west corner of Montacute House
19.4.61
GV II Orangery. 1848, possibly by Lewis Vulliamy. Ham stone ashiar; hipped leaded glass roof in small panes. Single-storey, seven bays. Plinth, Doric pilasters between bays and to corners, these all topped by obelisk finials over a quasi-cornice; forty-pane sash windows to all but the wider centre bay, which has a pair of glazed doors with twenty one panes each. Timber-frame internally. Undergoing restoration at time of inspection (September 1985).
Extending from south-east corner for about 6 metres to Montacute House (q.v) walling about 2.5m high, solid below and capped by turned balusters and moulded coping; central gateway with square piers having obelisk finials, with pair C19 cast iron gates. The whole adds to the setting of the House, and is part of the mid C19 reshaping of the grounds.
Listing NGR: ST4992917206
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