Description

ST22NW CHEDDON FITZPAINE CP
HESTERCOMBE

5/49 Orangery, about 50 metres East of
Hestercombe House

GV I

Orangery. 1904-9. By Edwin Lutyens for the Hon E W B Portman. Ashlar Ham stone, coursed rubble plinth, quoins and
spandrels in locally quarried slate, coped verges, broken pediment gable ends, modillion eaves to soffit, concrete
pantiles. Plan: single cell, flarogue style. Single storey, rusticated surrounds to niches in outer bays, blank-panels
above, centre 3 roundheaded many paned windows reaching to plinth with pivotal heads, 2 square headed many paned doors
flanking central bay with scroll keystones, circular niches above. Coat of arms in apex of pediment West end, carved
garlands draped from typanus to keystones of single roundheaded full length windows in gable ends. Interior: fine pair
of moulded urns set in semi-circular headed niches flanking bolection moulded fireplace. A "jeu d' esprit" in the
baroque manner by Lutyens. (Photographs in NMR; Country Life, October 10th and 17th, 1908).

Listing NGR: ST2420628695

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530187

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas