Botanical Gardens, LE2
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Botanical Gardens, LE2
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 7 Jan 2013
A side elevation of Hastings Hall plus greenhouses containing the alpine collection. Also, a temporarily unused sculpture base is visible in the foreground. The original Leicester, Leics & Rutland College botanical garden complex (later to become The University of Leicester botanical garden) existed near Victoria Park between 1921-25 and remained there until 1947 when the demand for space there made a move elsewhere necessary. Four houses (that were all designed by Stockdale Harrison), each with their respective gardens, were gradually purchased - Hastings in 1902, Beaumont in 1904, The Knoll in 1908 and Southmeade in 1928 - in order to provide additional Halls and to facilitate the development of a new Botanical Garden complex.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.606985
Longitude
-1.091355