Beard's Patent - W. G. Smith - Bury St Edmunds

 

Victorian and Edwardian Glasshouses 

Beard's Patent glasshouses refer to a specialised, late-Victorian glazing system used by W. G. Smith & Co, Horticultural Engineers of Victoria Works, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.   

Surviving glasshouses can be identified by the metal frame stamp which reads: 

W. G. Smith 

Beard's Patent 

Bury St Edmunds