The Palm House, Kew Gardens
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Kew Gardens - Palm House
1848 - Richard Turner wins the government contract to build a great new glasshouse in Kew Gardens, the Palm House, with Decimus Burton acting as architectural consultant.
1844 - The Palm House, today "the world's most important surviving Victorian glass and iron structure" is completed. Although originally told to hide it among trees, Kew's director William Hooker succeeds in placing it in a prominent position, thanks to support from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
1990 - The Palm House officially reopens, after being completely refurbished between 1952 and 1959; then taken down and rebuilt between 1985 and 1988, followed by the return of the plants.
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for this page Kew Gardens
Contributors PF (RLHS)
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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