Tag Archives: conservatory

An unlikely Michaelanglo: John Buonarotti Papworth

Posted on 23/09/2017 by The Garden History Blog

The wonderfully named John Buonarrotti Papworth, was an architect , interior and garden designer and a near contemporary of John Claudius Loudon, Humphry Repton and Frederick Crace. You may not have heard of him, or if you had, maybe like … Continue reading →

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John Weeks: Horticultural Architect

Posted on 16/09/2017 by The Garden History Blog

I’m always amazed by the way that some now fashionable upmarket residential areas have a different, more working class past often with horticultural connections. Belgravia, for example, is built on the site of the Neat Houses, once London’s largest concentration … Continue reading →

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Owen Thomas 2: from Chatsworth to Windsor.

Posted on 26/08/2017 by The Garden History Blog

This is the second part of the story of Owen Thomas, the son of an Anglesey labourer who rose to the peak of the horticultural profession and became Queen Victoria’s gardener at Windsor and Frogmore. Last week’s post finished with … Continue reading →

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Crompton and Fawkes

Posted on 21/01/2017 by The Garden History Blog

Wentworth Castle in Yorkshire boasts a magnificent Victorian conservatory behind the main 18thc building. It was built in 1885-6 by Crompton & Fawkes, an Essex-based company who were one of the leading manufacturers of horticultural buildings in Britain at the … Continue reading →

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The survival of Wentworth Castle

Posted on 14/01/2017 by The Garden History Blog

In 1817 the Rev. Lionel Berguer published “Trifles in Verse”, a collection of [to put it politely] turgid amateur poetry. The first of these almost unreadable pieces is dedicated to his friend Frederick Vernon Wentworth. It conjures up a gentle Arcadian … Continue reading →