Parrot House At North End Of Broad Walk

The Parrot House, located at the north end of Broad Walk in Eaton Park, was built between 1881 and 1883 by architect Alfred Waterhouse for the 1st Duke of Westminster. This former parrot house is constructed from yellow terracotta and is designed to resemble a circular colonnaded Ionic temple topped with a shallow domed roof. It features a frieze of swags above the colonnade and concentric balustrades above both the colonnade and the inner drum. There is a flight of 11 steps leading to the south entrance, with a projecting heating chamber to the north. Inside, the central chamber includes four semi-circular niches, with one niche on each side of the lobby leading to the heating chamber. A frieze of griffins is located below the clerestory, and caryatids between the clerestory windows support the dome. The Parrot House was integrated into Detmar Blow's redesign of the east garden in 1911, serving as the north terminal of the main cross axis.