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The Palm House, Antrim

The Palm House is an early Victorian conservatory in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, County Antrim. It is within the townland of Malone Lower, in the civil parish of Shankill. Designed by Charles Lanyon, built by Richard Turner and opened in 1840, it is one of the earliest examples of a curvilinear cast iron glasshouses in the world. The Palm House consists of two wings, the cool wing and the tropical wing. It is within the council area of Belfast.
Historic Buildings Ref: HB26/27/003

Place Type: 19th-century Building
Historic County: Antrim
Lat, Long: 54.583634,-5.933778
Grid Reference: J 3363 7255
Townland: Malone Lower TD
Civil Parish: Shankill CP
Council Area: Belfast CA
Police Area: Northern Ireland PA
Devolved Legislature:  Northern Ireland Assembly

GBPN ID: 332703
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/The_Palm_House,_Antrim_332703

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