overlapping glass in greenhouse

[johnnyb]

come back from quarry bank mill earlier and fell in love with the cottage garden greenhouse. I particularly love the overlapping glass. on this particular one the glazing bars were iron. I've seen it on workshops before but roughly accomplished. this one was beautiful. and the radius tended to make the water run in the middle of the pane.

 

[Spectric]

They certainly knew how to make something elegant in the victorian days, even if it was a place of work or industrial they still knew how to put some great finishing touches on things that had no functionality but delivered a statement.

 

[pgrbff]

A friend has a conservatory that was completely restored a couple of years ago. Same glass and strangely, they posted only a couple of days ago, just like OP. Rokeby Hall
In an earlier post, 2nd June, You will see a lean-to glasshouse. The glasshouse was built before the conservatory restoration and if I remember correctly I cut the glass.

 

[Jacob]

That curved fish scale edge is highly functional - it directs water draining off towards the centre of the panel and away from the wooden glazing bars, whether rain on the outside or condensation within.
You can see it at Calke Abbey greenhouses.

 

[pgrbff]

That curved fish scale edge is highly functional - it directs water draining off towards the centre of the panel and away from the wooden glazing bars, whether rain on the outside or condensation within.
You can see it at Calke Abbey greenhouses.

Or metal glazing bars.

 

[Jacob]

Or metal glazing bars.

Oh yes I see it has been mentioned already!
Another option sometimes seen is to have the glass pitched between the glazing bars, which have drainage catchment channels. Stops water dripping on plants and it drains off to the outside. Paxton did it at Crystal Palace but it's done in big timber greenhouses too.

 

[recipio]

'Cokes patent ridge and furrow system ' invented by Lord Thomas Coke, the Earl of Leicester. A very innovative system designed to let more light on the the plants by preventing water pooling. I wonder if it's available now . ?!

 

[niall Y]

The photos show a very elegant and functional building. Lots of these old systems have fallen by the wayside, with our modern conservatories and greenhouses. This is progress when all is said and done .
It is nice to come across such examples as it does put you in touch with those minds who thought of the idea, all those years ago

 

[johnnyb]

here's a more utilitarian approach. any guesses where this is?

 

[Old.bodger]

Weald and Downland Museum.Sussex ?

 

[Adam W.]

That's a really nice joiners shop.

 

[johnnyb]

bob on in the joiners shop(it's a bit ickle though)

 

[johnnyb]

some better snaps. there was also a display on glazing bars made by Richard Arnold.

 

[Old.bodger]

My wife thinks i’m mad, but, I really like windows like that and have spotted a few over the years. A shed on a back road in Shere (on the approach to the ford). The old cabinet makers shop behind the now closed Manns store in Cranleigh. If I ever get to build my new shed it will have a window like that (even if it gets a sealed unit behind it!)

The Shere example below from streetview.