[7] Variant design for a hothouse, elevation, section, rough plan, 27 April 1793

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  - Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire: alterations to house and estate buildings for Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, 1790-1794; presentation drawing 1800; surveys 1818 (70)
    - Estate buildings, 1792-1794 (42)
      - Alternative designs for a hothouse, 1792-1793 (3)

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Reference number

SM 8/3/32

Purpose

[7] Variant design for a hothouse, elevation, section, rough plan, 27 April 1793

Aspect

Longitudinal elevation; longitudinal section; rough plan

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot, approximately

Inscribed

Vines, Peachery, Vines, Peachery; (verso) The Earl of Hardwick / Plans & Elevations / of Pinery &c

Signed and dated

27 April 1793
April 27 1793

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper with one fold mark (390 x 311)

Hand

Attributed to Frederick Meyer (1775), draughtsman
attributed to Frederick Meyer (1775-?, 1791-1796)

Watermark

GR and Britannia with spear, shield and olive branch within a crowned oval frame

Notes

Drawing 7 is a similar layout to the executed design, with two hothouses and a greenhouse between. The greenhouse is backed by a taller building, perhaps the intended gardener's house. The section shows how the greenhouse would contain iron columns for peaches and vines to climb. The hothouses are each nine bays long and contain two chimneys. The drawing appears unfinished. A rough drawing in the upper right-hand corner of the sheet shows the substantial building in plan.

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Drawing

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