Description

FARLEY C.P. ALTON PARK SK 0643-0743 12/111 The Conservatory and 3/1/67 attached wall, steps and urns. (Formerly listed as "Greenhouse") GV II*

Conservatory. Wall, steps and urns. Circa 1824. By Robert Abraham. Ashlar and cast iron. Aligned east-west facing south with circular central bay. One storey; 5 bay central block and 3-bay end blocks all with panelled pilasters and bracketed cornices, linked by set-back 8-bay loggias with fluted columns; the central bay is tripartite and bows outwards, all bays are glazed, those to the ends of each block have fanlights with radiating glazing bars; 7 glazed domes with decorative cast iron glazing bars and pineapple finials, the central dome is much larger and has a louvre. Interior: the central bay contains a circular pool. Low retaining wall attached to the left sweeping round to the front where it is terminated by a flight of stone steps flanked by cast iron urns, urns in front of each loggia and one to the right hand end of the conservatory on a stone pedestal. This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Gardens Register. B.o.E., p. 58; Colvin, p.27.

Listing NGR: SK0751943356

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