The Orangery is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 July 2000. Orangery. 1 related planning application.
The Orangery
- WRENN ID
- nether-cobble-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 July 2000
- Type
- Orangery
- Address
- The Orangery, Penrice, Ilston, SA3 1LN
- OS grid reference
- SS 501 881
- Coordinates
- 51.57184, -4.16326
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Orangery is a building of group value, dating to an unspecified period. It is an orangery constructed in five bays, separated by Corinthian pilasters. The structure stands on a stylobate and has an entablature. The central bay has been altered with the addition of glazed doors. The cornice is supported by modillions, and the building is topped by a plain parapet. A modern glazed roof now sits where a hipped slate roof was previously located. The remaining elevations are stuccoed and also feature a plain parapet. Each end elevation incorporates a window matching those on the front façade. The interior is reportedly plastered and features a moulded cornice.
Local climate
The Orangery sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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