Syon Park : Great Conservatory (London, England) : Central pavilion, view looking east and out the main portal on axis
- Creator:
- Fowler, Charles, 1792-1867
- Published/Created:
- Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex, West London, London, England, United Kingdom
1826-1830 - Physical Description:
- 11.6 m (diameter, dome)
- Date Depicted:
- 5/26/2007
1700 AD - 1799 AD - Materials:
- gunmetal (cast-iron), Bath stone and glass
- Notes:
- Syon Park borders the Thames, looking across the river to Kew Gardens, and near its banks is a tidal meadow flooded twice a day by the river. It contains more than 200 species of rare trees. Although the park and lake were designed by Capability Brown in 1760, their character today is nineteenth century. The circular pool has a copy of Giambologna's Mercury. The Great Conservatory in the gardens, designed by Charles Fowler in 1826 and completed in 1830, was the first conservatory to be built from metal and glass on a large scale. It was originally designed to act as a show house for the Duke's exotic plants and inspired Joseph Paxton in his designs for the Crystal Palace.
- Variant Titles:
- Syon House Conservatory
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Britain -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Nineteenth century
Victorian - Culture:
- British
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-FC-SHC-B7
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; engineering and industry; manufacturing; plants; Gardens; botany; botanical collections; glasshouse; rare plants construction ; metalworking buildings; agricultural buildings; greenhouses interior
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Four
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/26/2007 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10103780
- PID:
- digcoll:1855049