Fact. National+wildflower+centre. Liverpool Parks. Postcard of Sefton Park early 1900s Postcard of the Palmhouse. (Date unknown) Postcard of the Entrance to Sefton Park, early 1900s Palm House Interior, early 1900s Map of Sefton Park 1867 Historical background Sefton Park was designed by Edouard André (Gardener in Chief, Paris) and Lewis Hornblower (a Liverpool architect) who won a competition in 1867 and a prize of 300 guineas was awarded. The winning design blended the natural undulating topography and two branches of a Mersey tributary to create a landscape in which there was a spinal ornamental watercourse, embellished with rock features including cascades, grottoes and stepping stones leading to a 7 acre lake. Sefton Park Palm House constructed in 1896, is a Grade II* listed building recently fully restored and refurbished with Heritage Lottery and European funding.
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