Giraffe House And Hippopotamus House On The Cotton Terraces is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Zoological pavilion.
Giraffe House And Hippopotamus House On The Cotton Terraces
- WRENN ID
- dim-chancel-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Zoological pavilion
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 2783 NE and SE CITY OF WESTMINSTER ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 5/3 ; 14/1 REGENT'S PARK Giraffe House and Hippopotamus 5.2.70 House on the cotton terraces - II Giraffe House. c 1836 by Decimus Burton for the Zoological Society (restored). Stock brick; slate roofs. Central pavilion for giraffes with lower east wing as the original hippopotamus house and balancing west wing a matching addition (probably by Salvin). 1 storey pavilions, each of 3 bays. Central pavilion has semi-circular arched tall stable doors with linking impost string. Flanking pavilions have similar semi-circular arched stable doors. Central pavilion has pediment gable ends to roof and deep bracketed eaves. Flanking pavilions have cornice band and blocking course. Decimus Burton landscaped the original gardens and designed the zoo buildings for the Society between 1826 - 41, influenced by the Paris Jardin des Plantes.
Listing NGR: TQ2786583490
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