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Chiswick House Conservatory, Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London W4 |
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Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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An archaeological field evaluation was carried out by the Museum of London Archaeology Service on the site of Chiswick House Conservatory, Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London W4. The work was commissioned from MoLAS by English Heritage. The conservatory was designed by Samuel Ware and was added in 1812-3 by the Sixth Duke of Devonshire. It was originally a productive fruit stove house growing grapes, peaches and pineapples but some became a showhouse for camellias. The camellias are of significant horticultural interest, being probably the oldest collection in England. The hypocaust heating system installed at Chiswick was commonly employed in early 19th century glass houses but few survive intact today. The conservatory was heated by a system of six coal-fired stoves (or furnaces) located in sheds to the back of the glass conservatory. The purpose of the evaluation was to further understand the form of the hypocaust heating system in the central and eastern part of the conservatory. The evaluation has shown that the potential for survival of the hypocaust heating system is high although some truncation had occurred. The best survival was in trench 2 where the flues and encasing walls survived almost intact. Features from the separate phases of development dating to 1813, 1828 and 1855 were revealed. |
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C Cowan
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MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Greater London HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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2005
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Chiswick House Conservatory, Burlington Lane, W4 |
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CHISWICK |
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Hounslow |
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Greater London |
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England |
Grid Reference: 521080, 177700 (Easting, Northing)
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23 Nov 2016 |