Temperate House, Royal Botanical Gardens Kew (1860)*

Artist/Designer: Decimus Burton, Richard Turner

Project Location: England

Figure 1: Benjamin Simpson, The elevated walkway of the Temperate House. 2009, Digital Image. Available from Hodomania by Benjamin Simpson ( Source | Accessed : January 16, 2014 )

Figure 2: Temperate House. Digital Image. Available from Concerto ( Source | Accessed : January 16, 2014 )

Figure 3: Howard David, Photo, interior mezzanine walkways, Temperate House · Palm House at Kew Gardens · London, England. Digitial Image. Available from Great Buildings ( Source | Accessed : January 16, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Classical, Restored, Renovated

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Metal

Function(s):
Garden

Related Website(s):

Kew Gardens Website | Accessed : March 24, 2018

Royal Botanical Gardens Website | Accessed : March 24, 2018

Gaurdian Article | Accessed : March 24, 2018

Significant Date(s):
19th Century, 1860

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:
Payne, Michelle. Kew Guide: 5th edition. Richmond: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2016.

Smith, Rupert. A Year at Kew. London: BBC Books, 2004.

Woolf, Virginia. Kew Gardens. New York: Random House, 1999.

Building Address:
Kew Gardens
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
TW9 3AE
UK

Significant Dates:
1860- Built.
1863- Opened.
2018- Reopened after renovation.

Supporting Staff/Designers:
Designer: Decimus Burton

Associated Projects:
Decimus Burton also designed the Palm House at Kew.

Tags:
Victorian, Glasshouse, Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, temperate house, garden, glass, greenhouse, wrought iron,

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