Chatsworth

The Orangery Shop

A Picture of the Orangery Shop

The 6th Dukes plans for the north wing was to end with the Sculpture Gallery but when he got 'bit by gardening' due to the head gardener and friend Joseph Paxon (1803-65), the Organgery was added. More sculpture and tender plants shared it happily for years. Now it contains a shop, but there is still room for a copy by Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850) of the Medicic Vase and several remaining marble busts and statues by neo-classical sculptors.

When the house re-opened in 1949 guide books and the sickly sweet Chatsworth bon-bons, sold from a wheelbarrow, were all that was offered for sale. By the 1960s part of the Orangery had been arranged as a shop and range began to grow. Today you can see a wide variety of gifts, many selected by the Duchess of Devonshire and some based on designs from the house and garden. The profits go towards the upkeep of the house.