Description

HERTINGFORDBURY PANSHANGER
TL 21 SE
5/67 Panshanger Orangery
20.10.52 and Conservatory
(formerly listed
as Panshanger)
- II

Former orangery to Panshanger House (demolished). c.1856. For the 7th
Earl Cowper. White brick with terracotta dressings. Classical style. 11
bays, 4:3:4 in 3 distinct sections. Central 3 bays project slightly.
Original sashed openings empty with a few surviving glazing bars, double
gauged brick flat arched headed surrounds. Brick pilasters to each bay.
Terracotta panel over centre bays with rich festoon and drop relief.
Terracotta cornice to pierced parapet with double row of terracotta
medallions, cornice. Outer bays similar without festooned panels, lower
cornice to parapet. Similar 3 bay returns with parapet continued also
on returns of central section. To rear centre bays as to front, outer
bays are blind with small entrances in penultimate bays. Some moulded
rafters to hipped roof. Interior is divided into 3 sections, iron braces
to roof. Extending to rear right a low brick wall returns to form rear
of a smaller 5 bay former conservatory. Central bay projects with a
blind panel below terracotta cornice, pilasters, 2 bay returns. To rear
left 3 bay wall with buttresses, coping. Formal gardens once lay
immediately S of Orangery leading on to landscaped grounds and Mimram
valley laid out by H. Repton, 1799-1801. (Country Life 11 and 18/1/1936).

Listing NGR: TL2891513231

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26305740

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings