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Lifewatch Centre
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- The Lifewatch Centre is a single storey flat roofed building erected at the Zoo's shop at the south end of what was formerly a rose garden. It had been converted to serve as an information centre and first aid station. Built 1962, extended 1968. Converted 1989-90. Demolished in 2003.
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Playground
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- The playground south of the Amphitheatre was built 1971, John Toovey, architect; equipment by SMP (Landscapes) Limited; maze panel designs by Banks and Miles. Moved to the lawn in 2003.
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Picnic Terrace
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- The picnic terrace, laid out in about 1965 to the north of the Children's Zoo, has crazy paving, tables enclosed by low brick walls and a timber kiosk. Demolished for Tiger Territory in 2013.
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First Aid Station and South Gate Lavatories
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- The First Aid Station and South Gate Lavatories are single storey brick buildings. The First Aid Station was built as a shop (and used by Granada Television for 'Zoo Time') before conversion to its present use. Built 1967, Franz Stengelhofen, architect. Converted 1985-86.
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Main Gate Women's Lavatory
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- This facility is concealed under rising ground between the Main Gate and the African Aviary. Built 1973-74, John Aviary, architect.
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Barclay Court
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- Barclay Court was laid out as an improvement of the area in front of the Zoo's restaurant and shop. It intentionally recalls Captain George Swinton's 1913 scheme for a court on this site. Built 1989-90, with a £500,000 benefaction from Frederick and David Barclay; Clouston and Partners, landscape architects. The fountain became a flower bed in 2003. The statue of Guy was moved to the centre at the same time and it was renamed Oasis Court.
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Zoological Society of London Offices and Library
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- The Zoological Society of London Offices and Library building was erected to replace premises in Hanover Square. The Society's move to Regent's Park was prompted by the need for convenient access to the Zoo and for greater space for a growing library. The building's angular elevations are characteristic of Joass. The principal interior space in the building was originally the Society's Meeting Room and Library. It has since been divided horizontally and refitted as a reading room over book stacks (the Society's Meeting Rooms had moved to the Nuffield Building). Built 1909-1910, John James Joass, architect; G Godson and Sons, builders; lift made by Archibald Smith, Major and Stevens; cost £17,787. Attic and turret balustrading removed 1932. Library conversion 1932. Library conversion 1965, funded by Wolfson Foundation; Franz Stengelhofen and Colin Wears, architects.
First building in the Zoo with an electricity supply. A cable was run from here to the Insect House.
The Council Room, Reception and Library Lobby was refurbished in 2006.
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Prosectorium
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- Immediately east of the Bird House there is a small single storey brick building. This was built in 1908 as a prosectorium (pathology and post mortem laboratory) for the Zoo's sanatorium, which stood in the yard behind the Bird House from 1909 to 1956.
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Animal Hospital and Pathology Laboratory
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- The Animal Hospital and Pathology Laboratory (occupied by the Institute of Zoology's Department of Veterinary Science) was built as a 'Sanatorium and Quarantine Station' to replace the sanatorium north east of the Bird House (see Prosectorium). The siting is deliberately remote from the Zoo's animal houses. On the ground floor there are offices, an operating theatre, an X-ray room, a food preparation area and animal dens around the west and south sides leading to outdoor cages in a walled yard. The first floor has offices, laboratories and large cages. Built 1955-56, Franz Stengelhofen, architect.
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Wellcome Building
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- The Wellcome Building is a research centre built as the Wellcome Institute of Comparative Physiology. The Institute was established for the study of reproductive physiology by Zoological Society of London staff and Ford Foundation Fellows, and is now part of the Institute of Zoology. Built 1963, Franz Stengelhofen, architect.
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