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Origin of greenhouses?
There is a story put about that the greenhouse that is being restored at
Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) was built by Spanish prisoners in the days of the Armada. Ray and I think this very unlikely but as we don't know the date of the first greenhouses, we can't be sure. Personally, I think it's more likely to prisoners of war from either the Peninsula war or the Napoleonic war because Dartmoor prison was housed to take the latter. Anyone any idea of the date of the first greenhouse in this country? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Origin of greenhouses?
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:26:35 +0000, Sacha
wrote: There is a story put about that the greenhouse that is being restored at Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) was built by Spanish prisoners in the days of the Armada. Ray and I think this very unlikely but as we don't know the date of the first greenhouses, we can't be sure. Personally, I think it's more likely to prisoners of war from either the Peninsula war or the Napoleonic war because Dartmoor prison was housed to take the latter. Anyone any idea of the date of the first greenhouse in this country? Here's a site with *some* info, 'though not a specific answer to your question. http://www.sfasu.edu/ag/horticulture...-%20trends.htm |
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Origin of greenhouses?
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:26:35 +0000, Sacha
wrote: There is a story put about that the greenhouse that is being restored at Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) was built by Spanish prisoners in the days of the Armada. Ray and I think this very unlikely but as we don't know the date of the first greenhouses, we can't be sure. Personally, I think it's more likely to prisoners of war from either the Peninsula war or the Napoleonic war because Dartmoor prison was housed to take the latter. Anyone any idea of the date of the first greenhouse in this country? Here's a site with *some* info, 'though not a specific answer to your question. http://www.sfasu.edu/ag/horticulture...-%20trends.htm |
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Origin of greenhouses?
Frogleg12/2/04 11:09
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:26:35 +0000, Sacha wrote: There is a story put about that the greenhouse that is being restored at Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) was built by Spanish prisoners in the days of the Armada. Ray and I think this very unlikely but as we don't know the date of the first greenhouses, we can't be sure. Personally, I think it's more likely to prisoners of war from either the Peninsula war or the Napoleonic war because Dartmoor prison was housed to take the latter. Anyone any idea of the date of the first greenhouse in this country? Here's a site with *some* info, 'though not a specific answer to your question. http://www.sfasu.edu/ag/horticulture...enhouse%20hist ory%20-%20trends.htm That's very interesting and informative, too. It looks as if that story could well be true then. Thanks very much indeed. -- Sacha (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Origin of greenhouses?
Frogleg12/2/04 11:09
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:26:35 +0000, Sacha wrote: There is a story put about that the greenhouse that is being restored at Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) was built by Spanish prisoners in the days of the Armada. Ray and I think this very unlikely but as we don't know the date of the first greenhouses, we can't be sure. Personally, I think it's more likely to prisoners of war from either the Peninsula war or the Napoleonic war because Dartmoor prison was housed to take the latter. Anyone any idea of the date of the first greenhouse in this country? Here's a site with *some* info, 'though not a specific answer to your question. http://www.sfasu.edu/ag/horticulture...enhouse%20hist ory%20-%20trends.htm That's very interesting and informative, too. It looks as if that story could well be true then. Thanks very much indeed. -- Sacha (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Origin of greenhouses?
Might be Oxford University Botanical Gardens c.1621. I think this is the
oldest, and was constructed because of an expected severe winter. This does suggest, however, that perhaps the properties of greenhouses were already well known. Greenway House was originally an Elizabethan structure (16th C) but I do no think the greenhouse would have been built before the house was reconstructered during the Georgian era. "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... There is a story put about that the greenhouse that is being restored at Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) was built by Spanish prisoners in the days of the Armada. Ray and I think this very unlikely but as we don't know the date of the first greenhouses, we can't be sure. Personally, I think it's more likely to prisoners of war from either the Peninsula war or the Napoleonic war because Dartmoor prison was housed to take the latter. Anyone any idea of the date of the first greenhouse in this country? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Origin of greenhouses?
Might be Oxford University Botanical Gardens c.1621. I think this is the
oldest, and was constructed because of an expected severe winter. This does suggest, however, that perhaps the properties of greenhouses were already well known. Greenway House was originally an Elizabethan structure (16th C) but I do no think the greenhouse would have been built before the house was reconstructered during the Georgian era. "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... There is a story put about that the greenhouse that is being restored at Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) was built by Spanish prisoners in the days of the Armada. Ray and I think this very unlikely but as we don't know the date of the first greenhouses, we can't be sure. Personally, I think it's more likely to prisoners of war from either the Peninsula war or the Napoleonic war because Dartmoor prison was housed to take the latter. Anyone any idea of the date of the first greenhouse in this country? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Origin of greenhouses?
Simon Matterface12/2/04 11:24
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... There is a story put about that the greenhouse that is being restored at Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) was built by Spanish prisoners in the days of the Armada. Ray and I think this very unlikely but as we don't know the date of the first greenhouses, we can't be sure. Personally, I think it's more likely to prisoners of war from either the Peninsula war or the Napoleonic war because Dartmoor prison was housed to take the latter. Anyone any idea of the date of the first greenhouse in this country? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) (top posting corrected for logical progression! ;- ) But if there was an earlier house on the site, that might account for the idea of an early greenhouse, I suppose. It's such a favoured position that it wouldn't surprise me if other houses had been on that site before. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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