The Winter Gardens, Mowbray Park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Winter Gardens, Mowbray Park by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © David Dixon Taken: 24 Mar 2016
The original Winter Gardens building, constructed in 1879, was badly damaged by a parachute bomb in 1941 and had to be demolished in 1942. The building was recreated during the 1990s when the park was restored using Heritage Lottery funding.