victorian conservatories

The Birth of the Crystal Palace

June 11, 2010

160 years ago on 11th June 1850 Joseph Paxton, gardener to the 6th Duke of Devonshire, took the train to London. There at a meeting of the Board of the Midland Railway, he sketched out on a piece of blotting paper his plan for the Crystal Palace

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Victorian Conservatories – Tiled Floors

March 30, 2010

If you are planning to install a Victorian Style Conservatory, you should consider a Victorian Tiled Floor. There were two types of tiles

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