3-034-670 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Pavilion in the Public Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire, 1871. 'The attractions of Buxton to the pleasure-seekers or health-seekers who assemble from all parts of the country in that agreeable place of resort have been greatly increased this season by the opening of the new Public Gardens and Pavilion, completed at a cost of £12,000, on land given by the Duke of Devonshire...The grounds...have been tastefully and skilfully laid out by Mr. Edward Milner, landscape gardener and garden architect, who was employed in the laying out of the Crystal Palace grounds...Messrs. Wade, of Manchester, were the contractors for the works at Buxton. The Pavilion, a light iron and glass structure, 400 ft. in length, rising from a stone base, is shown in our Illustration. It will be warmed, for a winter covered walk, by four rows of hot-water pipes going round the whole building, and it will also be lighted with gas in the evening. This building, which stands on the north side of the gardens, contains a central hall for concerts and assemblies, flanked by two conservatories...It is thought likely that many invalids, or aged and infirm persons, will henceforth be induced to pass the winter at Buxton, for the sake of the accommodation now provided'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.