For a handsome conservatory or other ornate garden building, Wrinch’s was one of the specialist firms (Messenger’s and Boulton & Paul were others) to approach. This 1892 advert, a page from an Architects’ Compendium, shows several different registered designs. The firm described themselves as horticultural specialists, but (like several similar concerns) produced a wide range of portable buildings. So wide, in fact, that the Harrods catalogue used Wrinch’s illustrations when offering portable buildings. It is still not clear whether Harrods sold buildings prepared by its own building department, or simply acted as agents. No actual evidence has appeared connecting Harrods with a specific iron church – although there are several tales to the contrary!
