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[1] Design for a hothouse, plan, sections, elevation, August 1792
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Reference number
SM 8/3/27
Purpose
[1] Design for a hothouse, plan, sections, elevation, August 1792
Aspect
Plan of the Hothouse; cross section; Section through the tall wall of [the] Hothouse; Elevation of front of Hothouse
Scale
bar scale of 1/9 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Earl of Hardwicke, Passage (four times), Brick on edge (four times), Tan Pit (twice), Glass Partition, 110 feet, fix'd Sash, door / 3.0, door, Tan pit, level of Passage A, dimensions given, (pencil) A Copy of this Drawing / Mr Soane took to the Duke / of Leeds - making the whole / Extent - 100 feet - Aug 11 179(?)1 / feet / 100
Signed and dated
- August 1792
Great Scotland Yard / Augt 1792
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and pink, grey, yellow and black washes on laid paper (489 x 380)
Hand
Attributed to Frederick Meyer (1775), draughtsman
attributed to Frederick Meyer (1775-?, pupil 1791-1796)
attributed to Frederick Meyer (1775-?, pupil 1791-1796)
Watermark
IV and fleur-de-lis
Notes
This design for a hothouse shows Soane's use of contemporary innovations in gardening technology. The hothouse has two rooms divided by a glass partition and covered in glazed roofs and one wall of glass. A hollow brick wall surrounds the rooms and is full of hot air. The rooms each house a large planting bed made of brick. The beds, called 'tar pits', are to be full of oak bark and planted with pineapples. The fermenting bark would heat the plants, thus providing a warm environment for the growth of tropical plants.
Level
Drawing
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