548 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Aus. 31, 
1 OF THE VICTORIA REGIA HOUSE AT CHATSWORTH. 
In fulfilment of the promise given at of the present volume, we now lay before our readers the plans and elevations of the hothouse erected at 
Chatsworth, for the cultivation of the 1 ate together with descriptions and explanations by Mr. Paxton himself. In a mere gardening point of view, 
this structure is of great interest, showing, as it does, in how simple a manner large spaces may be covered with glass, and yet be suited for all the purposes. of 
cultivation. It will also eai the earliest conception of that palace of glass which is to receive the products of "e of all nations, in 1851, and which 
was thus described by Mr. Paxton to the great meeting at Bakewell: 
“ The building will be 2100 feet long by 400 3 The centre aisle will be 120 feet broad, or 10 feet wider than the S at Chaisworth. The 
its iron 3 comprise the whole structure. The columns es precisely the same throughout the building and will fit every part ; the same may be said of Benen of t — 
bars; and every piece of glass will be of the same vg namely, 4 feet long. No numbering or marking will be required, and the whole will be put together like a 
perfect piece of machinery. The water is brought Soas veers on she roof, and Tenor down the columns; the water in no instance has further than 12 feet to run, 
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before it is delivered into the valleys or gutters ; whole onstructed as to ¢ water outside, and the condensed inside. The building is divided 
into broad and narrow compartments, and by tying shane together there is little for thes eross-ties of the centre to carry. The building is entirely divided into 24 places 
—in short ev 9 runs to 24, so bom the work is ma squa kry me ad p 2 any small detail * left to carry out. e number of columns 15 feet long ig 
6024 ; there are 3000 gallery bearer ; 1245 wrought ir 1 ash . and 1 8 0 feet of * to cover the whole. The site will occupy 
upwards of 20 3 of ground, but thè available space which may T "afforded | t galleries — be e eats about 30 acres, if necessary.” 
Fig. 1 represents the ground plan, which is 61 feet 
6 inches long, and 46 feet 9 inches wide over walls. 
The circular tank is 33 feet diameter, and the centre san pA view of the building ; both ends 8 tank above the pathw way a “al curbs of the 
part, which rari the soil for the plant, is 16 feet | are Sie, a both sides are of the same form. On the | angular tanks, are of brick, ogee nted. The tan 
ter. 
a ana r Big eg ridge and valley, wooden | tions of external walls and yra -n eee built of sola 
rs of Nes oof, & rubble work, well bedded in The curb o 
eight tanks 
four angles are 
filled with aquatic plants 
ious kinds, e 
house " a series 
of 4-inch cast iron pipes all 
round < garri of the ex- 
walls, proceeding 
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Healey’s boiler, and N 
vester The N 
are heated by 4-inch pipes, N 
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in and N 
ead pi N 
resting on the paved ledge A 
of circular sh N 
here N 7 
CARPENTER, &c. — The 
3 are 5 inches by 
5 
E 
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level „ and 
is supported by 
roof Jf inches, the valley 
a n | beams, : V l S 8 8 of roof, 6 inghes 
os gree in- NV iS S by 4 inches ; and the ridge 
2 as shown 3 afters, 5 inches by 3 
a . N = inches ; with strengthen- 
sverse S = ä = SOT = i — — — = : = ing pi ce ver each 13 
CSS — L C inches dg, re 
Ny y N > >S nches deep. The - 
uon - bead and — 
10 0 10 20 ung the pivot 
ii LEALI 1 l # ee Pa, socket prioiak in 
; 8 wood ram 
Figure 1.— GROUND PLAN. a at jer. . yh ak. 
right sashes are r 2 
X Sy 3 thick, together a pe e 
Ñ <<] i Kak doors, which are framed 
f and p an i 
with brass locks and brass 
ut e pathways are 
radiati tow! 1 — 
nk, and tin 
a ook sleepers 2 pe mia 
‘OW inches, The roof venti- 
pi Il dre are fi 
Tae F jZ glazed, and hinged to the 
AG rafters. The 
225 are wrought and cut aut, 
as on the upper 
part, 3 ih moitin» 
ted on the plating, 
— a cornice. The scroll 
rounded wooden 
capping, and the a 4 
kis provided 4 
iling and band ra E 
* CA! all round, The whole © 
the plating. sheet glass 4 exes 
The upright ‘ni jo 10 inches wide, without 
inches wide een the overlaps in up ashes, 
rs, and each spa all being close jointed. 
een the arches is flied 5 very part of ika 
with one piece of plate Fork seen from 
‘he columns are inside is covere rp se 
6 feet 6 mage from centre a ment, and the whole o 
centre, he sc, Figure 3.—Enp ELEVATION. tructure, both ex l 
ele vation oa ibe building and ee 18 
presents a series of nine arches, as shown in the east side, which fronts the park, the masonry is partly roughly painted in suitable ee ea the foregoing 
reg artificial rock work, and the ends and steps | The accompanying ing design, described gw the building 
Fig. 4 4 is a parallel perspective representation to th with plants. | paragraphs, is the type fof my, design for 
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interior, showing the internal construction, the wedelt G Mason, AND Casrixds. —14 e founda- | for the great industrial exhibition of 1851. When 
