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<title><![CDATA[Holiday in an Orangery ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you fancy an usual holiday destination, why not book a week stay in an orangery? At Frampton Court in Gloucestershire, you will find a stunning rococo orangery built in about 1750. The design is based on... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Powis Castle Orangery ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Powis Castle was once a medieval military fortress for the Welsh Princes of Powys and parts of it date back to 1200. Now in the ownership of the National Trust, it was for over 400 years...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Another Early English Orangery]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Philip Stanhope, the 2nd Earl of Chesterfield was born in 1633 and did the grand tour of Europe before inheriting his father&rsquo;s estate of Bretby in Derbyshire. Using Versailles as his inspiration he...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The First English Orangery - A Further Update]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve written before about <strong>the first English Orangery</strong> built for Sir Francis Carew in about 1580 and the use of orange as a word in <strong>The History of the Orangery</strong> and now have...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:40:54 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The History of Glass - An Update]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Along with the <strong>History of the Conservatory</strong> and the <strong>History of the Orangery</strong> on our website, we also have a <strong>History of Glass</strong> and&#8230;]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:48:07 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Report on the Destruction of the Crystal Palace]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Here is a first hand report on the fire at the Crystal Palace on the 30th November 1936, reported in <i>The Times</i> the following day. A STRIKING SPECTACLE From afar off the great red glow...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:49:18 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Great Stove at Chatsworth House - An Update]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The newly available archive of <i>The Times</i> is allowing me to find all manner of new bits of information about the history of the conservatory. Today I have found an item from the 21st February 1920 that...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:57:08 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Letters To The Editor]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Times have just made available their archives for online research and I've already spent some happy hours reading about the Great Exhibition of 1851 and other events that helped the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:57:08 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s A Dogs Life]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When conservatories were cold draughty places with single glazing and no heating, it was the dog that got the freedom of it in the winter when banned for some reason from the rest of the house. But...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:32:35 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conservatory Insurance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have been reading some research from an insurance company that stated that home improvement projects typically cost an average of around &pound;20,000 and that conservatory and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:24:40 +0100</pubDate>
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