Glossary · C
Conservatory
Also called conservatories, glasshouse, glasshouses, palm house, hothouse
A glass building for growing or displaying tender plants, often joined to a house. The great conservatories and palm houses of the nineteenth century, framed in iron, made the techniques of the Crystal Palace.
See also: Orangery, Ridge-and-furrow
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Frame and Skin, Gardens and Landscape.
Nearby in the glossary
Compluvium · Composite · Compound pier · Concinnitas · Corbel · Corbelled dome · Corbelled vault · Corinthian