IMAGE
Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :Townend Glass House, Christchurch Botanical Gardens [ca 1919] Demolished 1955
- Date
- 1919
- Reference
- A-227-250
- Description
Shows a grassy area with a path in the foreground with a glass house and trees appearing over the roof of the glass house. The view is probably taken in the spring, with blossom visible on the trees in the foreground
The first Townend Glasshouse, an orchid and begonia house, was left to the city by Annie Quayle Townend in 1914. It originally stood in the grounds of Holly Lea, a large Christchurch property, but was moved to the Botanical Gardens, being replaced by the current Townend Glasshouse building in 1955
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 285 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Christchurch streets, gardens and houses] / Cranleigh Barton [1930s-1950s?] / Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Christchurch streets, gardens and houses] / Cranleigh Barton [1930s-1950s?]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 190 x 285 mm
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Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :Townend Glass House, Christchurch Botanical Gardens [ca 1919] Demolished 1955. Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Christchurch streets, gardens and houses] / Cranleigh Barton [1930s-1950s?]. Ref: A-227-250. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22305091More information can be found in our terms of use.