African Aviary

Taxonomy

Scope note(s)

  • The African (formerly Eastern) Aviary replaced an aviary of 1827-28 by Decimus Burton on the same site. The Victorian building, now largely remodelled, was claimed as the best of its type in the country when it opened. To protect vulnerable birds there
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Source note(s)

  • The Buildings of London Zoo

Hierarchical terms

African Aviary

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Salvin, Anthony, Jnr
Person · 1827-1881

Anthony Salvin was an English architect, known mainly for house design in Tudor style and the restoration of a number of castles and churches. He was born in 1827 in Sunderland Bridge, County Durham to General Anthony Salvin Snr, and his second wiferead more