Sefton Park Palm House

The Sefton Park Palm House, built in 1896, was designed by Mackenzie and Moncur. This octagonal structure stands on a granite base and is constructed with an iron frame and completely glazed openings. The design incorporates a sequence of three domical roofs, including a clerestory and a lantern topped with a ball finial. The side elevations feature six bays, each with three round-arched lights and colonnettes, capped with ornamental cresting. Entrances are located to the north, south-east, and west, each with a barrel-vaulted porch enclosed on the sides and featuring ornamental gates, some depicting animals or birds. Sculptures by Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud representing notable gardeners, explorers, and scientists are positioned at each angle; A le Notre and J Parkinson flank the north entrance, followed by Mercator and Captain Cook to the east, Darwin and Linnaeus to the south, and Henry the Navigator and Columbus to the west.

In November 1913, the Palm House was targeted during an attack by militant suffragettes associated with the Women's Social Political Union (WSPU). A homemade bomb was discovered in the porch; while its fuses had ignited, they extinguished prematurely due to the wind. The act of vandalism was part of a series of attempts to damage public parks nationally, and although the perpetrator was not formally identified, it is thought that Kitty Marion, a known suffragette arsonist and bomber who had connections to Liverpool, was likely involved. The list entry was updated in 2018 to mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918.