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
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Orangery
- Address
- The orangery and linking wing walling to the north-west corner of Montacute House, TA15 6XP
- OS grid reference
- ST 499 172
- Coordinates
- 50.95209, -2.7142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The orangery and linking wing walling at the north-west corner of Montacute House were built in 1848, possibly by Lewis Vulliamy. The orangery is constructed of ham stone ashlar and features a hipped leaded glass roof made up of small panes. It is a single-storey structure with seven bays, a plinth, and Doric pilasters between the bays and at the corners, all topped with obelisk finials over a quasi-cornice. The orangery has forty-pane sash windows, except for the wider central bay, which contains a pair of glazed doors, each with twenty-one panes. The interior has a timber frame and was undergoing restoration at the time of inspection in September 1985.
The linking wing walling extends approximately 6 metres from the south-east corner of the orangery to Montacute House. This walling is about 2.5 meters high, solid below, and capped with turned balusters and moulded coping. It features a central gateway with square piers topped with obelisk finials and a pair of 19th-century cast iron gates. This structure enhances the setting of Montacute House and is part of the mid-19th century redesign of the grounds.
Local climate
The orangery and linking wing walling to the north-west corner of Montacute House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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