Description

1.
5409 WILTON PARK
The Orangery
SU 0931 5/120

II GV

2.
1822-25 by William Woodcock and possibly supervised by Sir Richard Westmacott.
Ashlar on wide plinth of 3 moulded steps. 7 bays to south separated by square
(moulded) panelled piers and lintels (also moulded). Cornice with godroon
based vases. Tripartite pedimented gable ends. All openings cross glazed
with small panes. Interior has glazed roof with cast-iron trusses. Lion's
mask over back door. Stone flanking walls full-height to north-east and
north-west; these have plain blocks to top band and tall arched openings,
3 to west, 4 to east. Inside are marble plaques on the piers and one has
a Roman black basalt ram's or goat's head. A tablet inscribed:-

"Beneath this little stone intered
Lies little Charlotte's little Bird,
Who, tho' a captive, all day long
Sang merrily his little song:
When this little Favourite died,
A while his little Mistress cried,
She has almost forgot him now,
So stranger, weep a little Thou.

1778".

Listing NGR: SU1055030729

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26638490

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)