NOTES: Built in the grounds of the former Margam monastery, the orangery at a length of 327 ft (99.67 metres) was longer and larger than any other in Great Britain at the time. See RIBA148835 for a colour version of this image.
NOTES: Built in the grounds of the former Margam monastery, the orangery at a length of 327 ft (99.67 metres) was longer and larger than any other in Great Britain at the time. See RIBA148834 for a colour version of this image.
NOTES: Built in the grounds of the former Margam monastery, the orangery at a length of 327 ft (99.67 metres) was longer and larger than any other in Great Britain at the time.
NOTES: This was the Summer Banqueting House, built at the end of formal gardens laid out by the Mansel family who took over the former Margam monastery. The facade was reconstructed in c. 1800, but the building was saved and re-erected west of the Orangery in 1835.
NOTES: Built in the grounds of the former Margam monastery, the orangery at a length of 327 ft (99.67 metres) was longer and larger than any other in Great Britain at the time. See RIBA148831 for a black and white version of this image.
NOTES: Built in the grounds of the former Margam monastery, the orangery at a length of 327 ft (99.67 metres) was longer and larger than any other in Great Britain at the time. See RIBA148830 for a black and version version of this image.