Crystal Palace Gardens, Crystal Palace Park, Bromley, Greater London
These were the Upper and Lower Terrace of the Crystal Palace Gardens. The Crystal Palace was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park. It was taken down and rebuilt here in 1852-4. The building itself burned down in 1936, but the 2 terraces of the formal garden in front of it survive. They were designed by Paxton at the time of the rebuilding. Each terrace consists of a series of round-headed arches. The space between the terraces was laid out with fountains and statues.
