[Northington Grange] Perspective View of the Interior of a Conservatory, Erected at The Grange, Hants. Thomas Clark, Metallic Hothouse Manufacturer, Lionel Street, Birmingham.
W. Finley Del.t. T. Garner Sc.t. [n.d., c.1825.] Engraving. 220 x 270mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. The interior of an orangery conservatory built for Alexander Baring by Jones & Clark (today Henry Hope & Sons Ltd), commissioned 1824. Although the cast-iron interior was prefabricated (a revolutionary concept at the time), the exterior has a four-columned Ionic portico. The columns shown here were hollow, allowing the collection of rainwater. In 1890 Francis Baring (the 5th Lord Ashburton) converted the orangery into a picture gallery which doubled as a ballroom.
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