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Latitude: 51.5358 / 51°32'9"N
Longitude: -0.1578 / 0°9'28"W
OS Eastings: 527865
OS Northings: 183490
OS Grid: TQ278834
Mapcode National: GBR 83.RM
Mapcode Global: VHGQS.6NXH
Plus Code: 9C3XGRPR+8V
Entry Name: Giraffe House and Hippopotamus House on the Cotton Terraces
Listing Date: 5 February 1970
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1357403
English Heritage Legacy ID: 207752
ID on this website: 101357403
Location: Regent's Park, Primrose Hill, Westminster, London, NW1
County: London
District: City of Westminster
Electoral Ward/Division: Camden Town with Primrose Hill
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Marylebone
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Architectural structure Artificial animal shelter
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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