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SX9373 BITTON PARK ROAD
25-1/4/102 (South side)
23/08/79 The Orangery, Bitton House

(Formerly Listed as:
BITTON PARK ROAD
(South side)
The Orangery at Bitton House)

GV II

Orangery. Early C19. Painted stone plinth, stucco and wood with a hipped glazed roof. Rectangular plan with canted bays to the returns and a curved bay to the rear.
EXTERIOR: Single-storey; symmetrical 9-window range. Windows are in groups of 3 articulated by octagonal painted wood pilasters and encompassed by a cornice surrounding the building. The semicircular-arched 6/6-pane sash windows with
painted wood spandrels to front and sides have radial glazing bars to the tops and panelled pilasters supporting continuous moulded archivolts. The central range, stepped slightly forward, has double doors below the central window.
INTERIOR: a full-height hemi-spherical recess occupies the curved rear bay. A distinguished and "forceful" (Pevsner)design.

(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989:
798).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559239

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]