The Orangery, Kew Gardens, now in use as a restaurant
Kew Gardens
Places in History is an ongoing project. It uses placemarks in Google Maps to identify the exact position of a building, street or other feature, with a satellite view of the location. The maps link to pages in HistoryWorld for historical details, images and timelines.
|
|
HistoryWorld's
Places in History
Kew Gardens - Orangery
1761 - Designed by Sir William Chambers, the Orangery in Kew Gardens is completed. It bears the arms of Princess Augusta, for whom it was built, and her husband Prince Frederick.
1863 - After more than a century of growing citrus fruits and other plants, the Orangery is turned into a museum.
1959 - After nearly another century the Orangery reverts to citrus cultivation before taking on its current role as Kew Gardens' main refreshment building.
Map
List of places already entered
Kew timeline
Sources
for this page Kew Gardens
Contributors to this page PF (RLHS)
External links
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
|