25 The Orangery
THE Orangery in Teignmouth is located adjacent to Bitton House on the south side of the A381 in Bitton Park Road. The Friends of Teignmouth Orangery welcome the public from May until September, to see the newly restored building in which oranges and lemons are grown, together with exotic plants. It will be open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays and bank holidays from 2pm - 4pm and is well worth a visit.
Admission is free but donations are welcome.
Bitton House, formerly Westcliffe House, was bought in 1812 by the celebrated Admiral Sir Edward Pellew who became Viscount Exmouth in 1816 after a successful battle to free the slaves in Algiers. Two cannon brought back
from Algiers can be seen outside the house. The Pellew family lived here until 1838 when Lady Exmouth died, her husband predeceasing her in 1833. There are references to Lady
Exmouth’s keen love of gardening
and her ‘new greenhouse’, which may have been on the site of the present Orangery. The property passed into the ownership of the Mackworth Praed family after Lady Exmouth’s death. They built the Orangery c.1842 in a Classical-style as a graceful and useful ornament to Bitton House. It is a Grade II listed building and one of the few remaining orangeries in Devon where plants are grown.
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