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This magnificent curvilinear glasshouse was constructed during the years 1844-1848 to the designs of the architect Decimus Burton and the engineer Richard Turner. Nikolas Pevsner rated it "One of the boldest pieces of 19th Century functionalism ­ much bolder, indeed, and hence aesthetically more satisfying than the Crystal Palace ever was".




The Palm House is the focal point of this charming Victorian view which includes Sir William Chambers' Temples of Arethusa and Bellona, Burton's Campanile, which once served as a smokestack for the Palm House, and the distant Pagoda.