February 23, 2022 William Chambers, Henry David Thoreau, John Lewis Russell, Seasons at Highclere by The Countess of Carnarvon, and Georges Bugnet

The Daily Gardener · Feb 23, 2022 · 15m

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1723 Birth of Sir William Chambers (books about this person), Swedish-Scottish architect, based in London.

William designed Somerset House on the Strand in central London.

He also designed Great Pagoda at Kew (1761) as a gift for Princess Augusta. The Great Pagoda was built with grey brick and is ten stories tall. It took just six months to build. Initially, the various roofs of the Great Pagoda featured eighty…