Design for an unidentified structure, possibly a garden hothouse with 'tong-kang' heating system

RIBA Ref No RIBA36841

Country	UK: England
Subject Date	1765
Image Date	1765
Medium	Drawing
Library Reference	SE7/17
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Garden buildings ; Glasshouses

NOTES: This drawing is by an unidentified 18th century English architect. The 'tong-kang' method of heating involved a system of flues carried through a hollow wall and was used by William Chambers to heat the Orangery at Kew in 1761.

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