Royal Surrey Gardens
Royal Surrey Gardens were
The gardens were the grounds of the manor house of
The gardens were used for large public entertainments from 1837, such as re-enactments of the eruption of
Surrey Music Hall
After Cross's death, the gardens were acquired by a company. The zoo had become run down, and the animals were sold off in 1856 to build Surrey
It was a large, rectangular building of three floors, with an arcade around the ground floor and two covered galleries above, and octagonal staircases at each corner with ornamental turrets. Like the Crystal Palace, it was largely constructed from
The famous
The music hall was destroyed by fire in 1861, leading to a
The gardens returned to holding large public entertainments, but they were less successful than before, and the gardens finally closed in 1862.
Pasley Park
The gardens were sold for the development of residential buildings in 1877. Surrey Gardens re-opened as a much smaller public park in the 1980s, called Pasley Park. There is an information board about the history of Surrey Gardens, and, as a reference back to the former use, there are two ostrich sculptures.[3] The Southwark flag pole is decorated as if it is a giraffe's neck. In 2015, a plaque was unveiled in the park to Sgt Frank Stubbs VC.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Surrey Zoological Gardens". The Vauxhall Society. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Surrey Music Hall and Surrey Zoological Gardens, Kennington". Arthur Lloyd. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "London Gardens Trust". londongardenstrust.org. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "VC London". victoriacrosslondon.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
External links
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon Preaching at the Music Hall in the Royal Surrey Gardens
- Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens
- Spurgeon at Surrey Music Hall
- Louis-Antoine Jullien The French eccentric conductor and composer of light music who was considered as the "king of promenade concerts" and gave numerous concerts in the Royal Surrey Gardens