Monument record 2838/2/4 - C18th Orangery, Apethorpe Hall

{1}Orangery built 1718 with ashlar facade with parapet;,{3}Orangery was built in 1718; probably by John Lumley; ashlar;,{4}Thomas 6th Earl of Westmorland had orangery built in 1718;,{5}Orangery now conservatory; built in 1718;,{6}6th Earl of Westmorland built orangery in 1718/19 on south side of west courtyard probably to designs by John Lumley; latter described as Earl's "overseer" at Apethorpe when employed at Emmanuel College Cambridge in 1719; freemason was John Dimbleby & joiner was Thomas Blowfield; in 1913 ground-floor passage was built against north wall & perhaps about this time internal first floor passage was constructed; in 1949 orangery was divided into 2 storeys & windows destroyed; south wall faced in ashlar; 9 bays with tall windows of which central one served as door; panelled parapet with small urns; stone-slated roof with broad central lead flat;

{9} Tree-ring analysis of timbers in the orangery. Ten of the samples retained complete sapwood, with felling dates of AD 1706, 1707, 1713, 1715 (x2), 1716 (x4) and 1724.

<1> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.87 (checked) (Series). SNN1320.

<2> WEIGALL R., 1906, APETHORPE AND ITS OWNERS, 942.0066 MIL/WEI (Uncertain). SNN56422.

<3> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.2 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN40683.

<4> Heward J.; Taylor R., 1996, The Country Houses of Northamptonshire, p.58 (checked) (Book). SNN41757.

<5> Serjeantson R.M.; Ryland W. (Editors), 1906, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.545 (checked) (Series). SNN100369.

<6> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.7+14 (checked) (Series). SNN77384.

<7> 1799, The Westmorland Papers, Misc.Vol.3 (unchecked) (Document). SNN42177.

<8> Colvin H., 1995, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects (1660-1840), 529 (Book). SNN54451.

<9> Arnold, A., Howard, R., & Tyers, C., 2015, Apethorpe Hall, Apethorpe, Northamptonshire: Tree-ring analysis of timbers, checked (Report). SNN110288.

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