CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, VINERIES AND FRUIT HOUSES, 



broken, they are very expensive to replace. A conservatory on the South-east 

 or South-west of a house which stands conspicuously on a hillside and which 

 contains large panes of plate glass, has a hard and glaring effect and suggests a huge 

 mirror, especially if there are no trees near to give partial shade and break the hard lines 

 of the angles. It will always harmonize better with the residence if the sides and end 

 are glazed with comparatively small panes of strong sheet glass, nicely proportioned, 

 which, not being highly polished or perfectly flat, reflect the light at varying angles. 



In illustrations Nos. 276, 274, 275 and 277 are shown four conservatories of varying Examples 

 degrees of importance, all occupying positions in which it was necessary that they should of conserva- 

 attain an architectural expression. The first was planned for a residence in Lancashire, but tones of 



unfortunately as carried out has undergone many alterations. It was to have formed an vanous 



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 extension to a large open- loggia used as an open-air dining room and to be so treated 



as to give a necessary covered approach to the enclosed garden beyond. It was 

 intended to be used as a Winter Garden, or Orangery, with ample floor space for chairs, 

 and, while the roof was to be arranged as simply as possible to obtain the maximum 

 amount of light, it was necessary to design the front in harmony with the mansion, for 

 which purpose the stone arches and open verandah shown in the illustration were suggested. 



The second illustration shows a conservatory erected in the West Park, Wolverhampton. 

 The design is adapted from that of the old English orangery and would form a very 

 suitable structure to place at one end of a flower garden where architectural expression is 

 desirable. 



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FIG. 277. CONSERVATORY WITH GREENHOUSE CORRIDOR CONNECTING WITH HOUSE. 



The third of these is shown in illustration No. 275, and was erected at " The Hill," 

 Hampstead, for Sir William Lever, Bart. It not only closed the well-marked main axial line 

 through the grounds, and at right angles to the main garden front of the house, and on 

 which the water-lily pond and terrace steps are placed, but also, together with the green- 

 houses on either side, gave privacy to the grounds, which were previously overlooked at 

 that point from a knoll forming part of Hampstead Heath. As will be seen from the 

 illustration, the ornament has been carefully concentrated on the main gable and the 

 rest kept severely plain to give contrast and throw it into relief, and great care has been 

 exercised in both the general proportions and the spacing and arrangement of the glass 

 rails and other details. 



The fourth illustration (No. 277), shows a small conservatory designed to hide unsightly 

 back buildings, and which occupies a convenient position on one side of the carriage 

 circle. There is only one small supplementary plant house for keeping it supplied with 

 flowering plants, consequently it has been arranged as a fernery with the ferns planted 

 in the crevices of limestone rock arranged naturally against the back wall and around 

 the sides. As will be seen it has a greenhouse corridor connecting it with the drawing- 

 room, thus forming a convenient and desirable promenade under glass, and giving the 

 conservatory an appearance of greater size. 



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