Description

THE SQUARE
1.
4430
(East Side)
CARSHALTON
Premises of South-Eastern
Electricity Board
TQ 2864 SW 23/173
II
2.
Early to mid C18?; garden temple or orangery to Carshalton House, possibly derived
from a design by Leoni; a much more imposing design by Leoni for the "Plan and
Elevation of the green-house of the Ionic order, to be erected in the great Garden"
at Carshalton House is illustrated in "some designs for Buildings both Publick
and Private" in Vol 3 of "The Architecture of Leoni Battista Alberti", translated
by Leoni and published circa 1729.
The present building is of one storey, Roman cement, 3-3-3 windows [blocked].
Central Doric tetrastyle pedimented portico with back pilasters; blocked tympanum.
Wood eaves cornice, slate roof hipped at east end. Doric angle piers to ends
of elevation.

Listing NGR: TQ2808364436

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26640116

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback