Botanic Gardens, Belfast

Gardens dating from 1829 in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. They are noted for a splendid and almost unique Palm House designed by Charles Lanyon and constructed in two phases between 1839 and 1851. The wings date from 1839 and were built by Richard Turner of Dublin; they are the earliest known work by Turner who also built the Great Palm House at Kew Gardens, London, England. The central dome was built in 1852 by Young of Edinburgh. Also located in the gardens is the Tropical Ravine House built in 1886 and extended in 1900, which contains a sunken ravine surrounded by a balcony walk. Both the Palm House and Tropical Ravine House were renovated in the 1980s. The Ulster Museum is situated within the Botanic Gardens.