Turner Glasshouses ?
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Hi all, I’m looking for opinions / advice / info any of you may have on 3 glasshouses (we think Richard Turner built ?) situated in the grounds of Park House Horticultural unit in Stillorgan. It is part of N.T.D.I (Rehab Group).
Park House is an old stately residence which was bought in the sixties by the Polio Fellowship of Ireland and was previously owned by an engineering family by the name of Hendron.
We think the glasshouses (which are listed) were moved to Park House from some other location, maybe during or after the second world war. They have definitely been modified a little; the walls on which they sit are not consistent with the standard of glasshouses themselves.
They have been in use up until last year but have gotten to the stage where its no longer safe to do so for insurance reasons. The staff at Park House are worried about their future, given their poor state.
Any advice / opinions on the glasshouses, their possible refurbishment, grant aid or Richard Turner himself would be much appreciated.
Recent photo’s of the glasshouses @
not too sure about the date of the house Paul, but i can find out…
The detail on the glasshouses apparantly suggests that they’re turner – the cast iron door detailing, the guters, their curvilinear shape etc. All of the glasshouses are similar to a turner glasshouse in the nursery of the botanic gardens, glasnevin.
During a visit last year, Finola Reid, Horticultural Consultant and former employee of National Botanic Gardens, discussed the similarities with Nursery Glasshouses which are definitely Turner built at the back of the curvilinear range at the National Botanic Gardens.
As said before the glasshouses have definitely been modified. New angle iron, crude pieces of metal and shuttered concrete which encase the gutters and have made them rust quite badly all suggest modification. Finola Reid suggested the glasshouses may have been taller originally and had more glass below the gutters.
There is a huge well below the freestanding curvilinear glass house and the water is crystal clear, some glass is original and more still seems to have been replaced with small flat pieces. All these things add to the crudity of the glass houses in their present state.
Another suggestion by different people is that they were moved during the war to produce food for the estate.
Has anyone any information on ‘DieselCamp’ apparently an expert on Richard Turner, any info much appreciated.
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