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Design for a hothouse, 23 August 1792

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Drawing 116 shows Soane's use of contemporary innovations in gardening technology. The hothouse has two fruit sheds divided by a glass partition, with one (the peachery) heated by flues of hot air surrounding the interior and attached to a 'stove room' at the far end and sunken 3 feet 6 inches below ground. The hot air rises from segmental arches at floor level in the fruit rooms. The building is covered with a lean-to glass roof, an 18th century innovation in greenhouse design. Such hot air systems were derived from hypocaust technology of Roman times. They were replaced by hot water systems in the early 19th century.

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