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Adapting Glasshouses for Human Use: Environmental Experimentation in Paxton’s Designs for the 1851 Great Exhibition Building and the Crystal Palace, Sydenham

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Henrik Schoenefeldt
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When the horticulturist Joseph Paxton first published his proposal to house the 1851 Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations inside a glasshouse of enormous scale at Hyde Park, London, the scheme was praised as a more practical alternative to an earlier idea that had been put forward by the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition’s own Building Committee. However, the feasibility of Paxton’s idea soon became the subject of concern. The use of glasshouses for the cultivation of plants was well established, but could this type of building now be adapted to the task of accommodating artefacts? Could it also provide visitors to the Exhibition with a comfortable environment? A particular worry was the issue of cooling, given that the Exhibition was to take place in summer. Prospective exhibitors anxiously made reference to the hot and humid conditions inside greenhouses such as the Palm House at Kew Gardens and the Conservatory at Regent’s Park, and they criticized Paxton’s idea as a risky experiment. Paxton did not ignore the challenge. He pointed out that his design incorporated shading devices, provision for evaporative cooling and natural ventilation, all of which were intended to maintain comfortable temperatures on hot days. He argued that his proposals had been informed by his previous experience with conservatory design, claiming that he had validated the effectiveness of his ventilation and cooling strategy through smalls-cale experiments at Chatsworth House. That Paxton’s plans were accepted and realized was largely due to good fortune. His design was considered to be the only one that could be constructed in time for the opening of the exhibition, which had already been advertised internationally. The Executive Committee, however, requested that conditions inside the building be carefully monitored. In effect, the Great Exhibition Building at Hyde Park became a significant early experiment in what would now be termed ‘environmental design’ (Fig. 1).

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Architectural History , Volume 54 , 2011 , pp. 233 - 273
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49 Ibid.

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51 Ibid.

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77 Hyde Park Commission, Parliamentary Papers, 1852, document no. 1453, question 286.

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97 Select Committee on Metropolitan Communications, Parliamentary Papers, 1854, document 415-I, question 732.

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110 ‘Crystal Palace Company’, Morning Post, 7 December 1855, p. 2.

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116 Phillips, Guide [1860], p. 28. See also Schoenefeldt, ‘Crystal Palace’ [thesis], appendix 3, catalogue of drawings.

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119 Phillips, Guide [1859], p. 13.

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121 ‘The New Crystal Palace at Sydenham’, Fraser’s Magazine (December 1853), p. 609.

122 Phillips, Guide [1860], p. 17.

123 ‘The Crystal Palace’, Hampshire Telegraph, 26 August 1854, p. 7; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Daily News, 21 August 1854, p. 4.

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136 ‘The Crystal Palace at Sydenham’, North Wales Chronicle, 2 December 1854, p. 2.

137 Report by Arthur Anderson to the shareholders of the Crystal Palace Company, 7 December 1855, in ‘Crystal Palace Company’, Daily News, 10 December 1855, p. 7.

138 ‘The Coldness of the Crystal Palace’, The Times, 27 November 1855, p. 9.

139 ‘The Crystal Palace Company — Meeting Yesterday’, John Bull, 5 January 1856, p. 16.

140 ‘The Crystal Palace’, Era, 21 November 1858, p. 5.

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142 Ibid.; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Morning Post, 15 November 1858, p. 3; ‘Crystal Palace’, Daily News, 4 October 1856; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Daily News, 4 October 1858, p. 2; ‘Miscellaneous News’, Examiner, 16 October 1858, p. 666; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Morning Post, 15 November 1858, p. 3.

143 ‘London, Saturday, Oct. 2’, Daily News, 2 October 1858, p. 4; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Daily News, 4 October 1858, p. 2; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Era, 21 November 1858, p. 5.

144 ‘Multiple Advertisements and Notices’, Morning Post, 27 December 1859, p. 1.

145 See, for example, ‘Advertisements and Notices’, Daily News, 22 December i860, p. 4; ‘Multiple Advertisements and Notices’, Standard, 22 December 1862, p. 1; ‘Multiple Advertisements and Notices’, Morning Post, 8 January 1863, p. 1; ‘Advertisements and Notices’, Daily News, 2 December 1864, p. 1; ‘Advertisements and Notices’, Era, 23 December 1866, p. 1; ‘Multiple Advertisements and Notices’, Morning Post, 21 December 1867, p. 1; ‘Multiple Classified Advertisements’, Bell’s Life, 25 December 1869, p. 2; ‘Multiple Classified Advertisements’, Bell’s Life, 15 January 1870, p. 2; ‘Advertisements and Notices’, Era, 5 January 1873, p. 9; ‘Multiple Advertisements and Notices’, Morning Post, 27 December 1876, p. 1.

146 ‘Crystal Palace Company’, Morning Post, 31 December 1873, p. 6; ‘The Crystal Palace Company’, Standard, 14 August 1891, p. 3; ‘The Crystal Palace Company’, Standard, 22 February 1895, p. 7.

147 ‘The Weather and the Parks’, Daily News, 8 January 1864, p. 6.

148 ‘The Weather and the Parks’, Daily News, 20 December 1859, p. 6.

149 ‘The Weather’, The Times, 16 December 1859, p. 7; ‘The Weather’, The Times, 19 December 1859, p. 6; ‘The Weather’, The Times, 21 December 1859, p. 12.

150 ‘Under the Crystal Palace’, Standard, 5 September 1870, p. 5; ‘Christmas Amusements at the Crystal Palace’, Orchestra, 19 December 1868, p. 197; ‘Christmas Amusements at the Crystal Palace’, Essex Standard, 18 December 1868; ‘Memoranda’, London Review, 19 December 1868, p. 665.

151 ‘Exhibitions’, The Times, 28 December 1869, p. 3, ‘The Handel Festival’, The Times, 15 June 1871, p. 8; ‘The Handel Festival’, The Times, 17 June 1871, p. 12.

152 ‘Christmas at the Crystal Palace’, Sporting Times, 20 December 1873, p. 403; ‘Multiple Advertising’, Morning Post, 27 December 1876, p. 1; ‘Multiple Advertising’, Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, 25 December 1869, p. 2.

153 ‘Crystal Palace Concerts’, Musical Standard, 25 February 1888, p. 115; ‘Crystal Palace Concerts’, Musical World, 19 February 1877, p. 103; ‘The Theatrical and Musical Examiner’, Examiner, 7 December 1867, p. 777; ‘Crystal Palace Pantomime’, Era, 29 December 1888, p. 16; ‘Crystal Palace’, Era, 29 December 1872, p. 7.

154 ‘Crystal Palace’, Era, 29 December 1872, p. 7.

155 ‘Under the Crystal Palace’, Standard, 15 September 1870, p. 5; ‘Memoranda’, London Review of Politics, Society, Literature, Art, and Science, 19 December 1868, p. 665.

156 ‘Christmas Festivities at the Crystal Palace’, Berrow’s Worcester Journal, 24 December 1869, p. 7; ‘Christmas Festivities’, Sporting Gazette, 18 December 1869, p. 910.

157 London, National Archives, WORK 17/110, Report by Assistant Secretary Imperial War Museum to Charles J. Ffoulkes, 8 December 1920.

158 Ibid.; London, National Archives, WORK 17/110, Letter from Charles J. Ffoulkes to Secretary of H.M. Office of Works, 8 December 1920.

159 London, National Archives, WORK 17/110, Letter from the General Manager to Charles Ffoulkes, 22 December 1920.

160 ‘The Crystal Palace as Picture Gallery’, The Times, 20 July 1921, p. 15.

161 ‘Four Years at the Crystal Palace’, The Times, 23 August 1957, p. 10.

162 Conway, Third Annual Report of the Imperial War Museum, p. 20.

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164 ‘The Handel Festival’, Morning Chronicle, 15 June 1857, p. 5; ‘The Handel Festival’, Ipswich Journal, 25 June 1859, p. 6.

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166 ‘Great Handel Festival’, Morning Post, 18 June 1857, p. 5; ‘The New Orchestra for the Handel Festival’, Era, 22 June 1862, p. 15.

167 ‘The Handel Festival in the Crystal Palace’, Bradford Observer, 18 June 1857, p. 8.

168 ‘The Handel Festival’, Illustrated London News, 27 June 1857, p. 640; ‘The Handel Festival in the Crystal Palace’, Bradford Observer, 18 June 1857, p. 8; ‘The Handel Festival’, Berrow’s Worcester Journal, 20 June 1857, p. 8; ‘The Handel Festival’, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 20 June 1857, p. 6.

169 ‘M. Blondin’s First Ascent at the Crystal Palace’, Illustrated Times, 8 June 1861, p. 370; ‘A walk through the nave of the Crystal Palace, 1854’, online resource, at http://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1o&t=i500&start=40 (accessed on 23 July 2010).

170 ‘Second Flower Show at the Crystal Palace’, Daily News, 9 June 1859, p. 2.

171 ‘Opening of the Crystal Palace by Her Majesty’, Daily News, 12 June 1854, p. 5.

172 ‘Floral Fete at the Crystal Palace’, Morning Chronicle, 4 June 1855, p. 2.

173 ‘Christmas Amusements at the Crystal Palace’, Orchestra, 19 December 1868, p. 197; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Saturday Review, 5 July 1856, p. 226; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Morning Post, 4 June 1855, p. 3.

174 ‘Crystal Palace Flower Show’, The Times, 23 May 1870, p. 7; ‘Public Amusements of the Metropolis’, New Sporting Magazine (July 1858), p. 69.

175 ‘Flower Show at the Crystal Palace’, Lady’s Newspaper, 19 June 1858, p. 385.

176 ‘Crystal Palace Flower Show’, Englishwoman’s Review, 29 May 1858, p. 640; ‘Public Amusements of the Metropolis’, New Sporting Magazine (July 1858), p. 69.

177 ‘Crystal Palace Flower Show’, Englishwoman’s Review, 29 May 1858, p. 640.

178 ‘Public Amusements of the Metropolis’, New Sporting Magazine (July 1858), p. 69; ‘Rose Shows’, The Times, 38 June 1875, p. 13.

179 ‘The Crystal Palace’, The Times, 3 April 1877, p. 5.

180 ‘Handel Festival’, The Times, 23 June 1865, p. 14, ‘The Handel Festival’, Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper, 7 June 1868, p. 8; ‘Handel Festival’, Orchestra, 6 June 1868, p. 173; ‘Music’, Illustrated London News, 2 January 1868, p. 591.

181 ‘The Handel Festival’, Musical World, 27 June 1868, p. 443; ‘Handel Festival’, Orchestra, 6 June 1868, p. 173.

182 Collection of historic photographs found at http://forum.sydenham.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=io&t=742 (accessed on 23 July 2010).

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184 ‘Handel Triennial Festival’, Birmingham Daily Post, 18 June 1868, p. 5.

185 ‘The Handel Triennial Festival’, Standard, 13 June 1868, p. 3.

186 ‘The Handel’, Birmingham Daily Post, 13 June 1868, p. 4.

187 ‘Multiple News Items’, Standard, 16 June 1868, p. 3.

188 ‘The Crystal Palace’, Musical Standard, 25 July 1874, p. 59.

189 ‘The Handel Festival’, Musical Standard, 7 July 1877, p. 5.

190 ‘Handel Triennial Festival’, Glasgow Herald, 12 June 1897, p. 7.

191 ‘Latest London News’, Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 26 June 1888, p. 5; ‘The Handel Festival’, Derby Mercury, 23 June 1880, p. 8.

192 ‘The Handel Festival’, Standard, 12 June 1897, p. 5; ‘The Handel Festival’, Morning Post, 15 June 1897, p. 2; ‘The Handel Festival’, Daily News, 24 June 1862, p. 5.

193 ‘The Great Handel Festival’, Standard, 18 June 1857, p. 3; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Morning Chronicle, 17 June 1858, p. 3; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Leicester Chronicle, 12 August 1854, p. 1.

194 ‘Music’, Illustrated London News, 13 October 1866, p. 370.

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195 ‘Crystal Palace’, Standard, 9 June 1862, p. 3.

196 ‘The Handel Festival’, The Times, 24 June 1862, p. 14; ‘The Handel Festival’, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 28 June 1862, p. 8.

197 ‘The Great Handel Festival’, Standard, 18 June 1857, p. 3; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Morning Chronicle, 17 June 1858, p. 3; ‘The Crystal Palace’, Leicester Chronicle, 12 August 1854, p. 1.

198 ‘The Crystal Palace’, Morning Chronicle, 17 June 1858, p. 3.

199 Ibid.

200 ‘The Handel Commemoration at the Crystal Palace’, Aberdeen Journal, 29 June 1859, p. 6.

201 ‘The Handel Triennial Festival’, Daily News, 20 June 1891, p. 3.

202 ‘The Handel Festival’, Leeds Mercury, 25 June 1891, p. 5.

203 ‘The Handel Festival’, Morning Post, 15 June 1897, p. 2.

204 ‘Crystal Palace Concerts’, Musical World, 5 June 1869, p. 409; ‘The Handel Festival’, Standard, 23 June 1885, p. 5.

205 ‘The Crystal Palace’, The Times, 4 January 1945, p. 5.

206 ‘The Handel Festival’, Birmingham Daily Post, 23 June 1874, p. 5.

207 ‘The Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace’, Musical Standard, 23 June 1883, p. 382.

208 ‘The Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace’, Leeds Mercury, 20 June 1891, p. 7.

209 ‘The Handel Festival’, Standard, 23 June 1885, p. 5.

210 ‘Pitch’, Musical Standard, 11 July 1885, p. 27.

211 ‘Handel Triennial Festival’, Glasgow Herald, 12 June 1897, p. 7.

212 ‘The Handel Festival’, Standard, 15 June 1897, p. 7; ‘The Handel Festival of 1897’, Musical Standard, 19 June 1897, p. 398.

213 ‘The Handel Festival’, Morning Post, 15 June 1897, p. 2.

214 ‘The Crystal Palace — Progress of the Interior’, Standard, 7 March 1854, p. 5; ‘Opening of the Crystal Palace’, Morning Post, 12 June 1854, p. 2.

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