Tag Archives: conservatory

Joseph, Victoria and the amazing leaf

Posted on 14/07/2018 by The Garden History Blog

Picture the scene. A small group of well dressed people stand around a room with a large pond in the middle watching a serious looking man and a  9 yr old girl. Everyone watches in silence as he lifts her … Continue reading →

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Another victory for Houghton

Posted on 30/06/2018 by The Garden History Blog

Houghton Hall in Norfolk (which I wrote about last week) hit the headlines in the arts pages earlier this year because it is playing host in a spectacular way to an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Damien Hirst.  The … Continue reading →

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Repton through the window…

Posted on 19/05/2018 by The Garden History Blog

Repton is well-known as our first landscape gardener but he was much more than that. It’s often overlooked that he was an architect too, [although with less obvious success and renown] and much of his writing is concerned with the … Continue reading →

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Park Hill from Tate to Today

Posted on 16/12/2017 by The Garden History Blog

Last week’s post told the first part of the story of Park Hill, a Victorian estate in Streatham in what is now south London.  In 1873 the house was put up for sale after the death of its builder William … Continue reading →

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William Leaf & Park Hill Streatham

Posted on 09/12/2017 by The Garden History Blog

A few weeks ago I wrote about the work of late Georgian society architect John Buonarotti Papworth. One of his commissions was for a house for the unknown but immensely wealthy businessman, philanthropist, art collector and garden enthusiast William Leaf. … Continue reading →

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