Stanley Park Lake

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Stanley Park Lake by Sue Adair as part of the Geograph project.

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Stanley Park Lake

Image: © Sue Adair Taken: 15 Nov 2005

The once beautiful Stanley Park is arguably the most architecturally significant of the city's great Victorian parks. Landscaped by Edward Kemp, who had assisted Paxton at Chatsworth and Birkenhead, the park features a grand terrace punctuated by imposing shelters with expansive bedding schemes once highlighted by fountains. The 45 hectare park opened in 1870 and contains the Gladstone Conservatory (Grade II) by Mackenzie & Moncur (1899), who had also constructed the Palm House in Sefton Park, unfortunately the conservatory is now derelict and the park somewhat rundown.

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