Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens is a grade II* listed building in
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth ( ), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside resort, seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. Its fishing industry, m ...
, England.
It was built of glass and iron in
Torquay
Torquay ( ) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignt ...
over 3 years starting 1878.
It was moved to Great Yarmouth in 1904 by barge and rebuilt. It reopened in 1906.
In 2018, it was named among the top ten endangered buildings of the Victorian and Edwardian eras in a survey released by the
Victorian Society
The Victorian Society is a UK charity and amenity society that campaigns to preserve and promote interest in Victorian and Edwardian architecture and heritage built between 1837 and 1914 in England and Wales. As a statutory consultee, by l ...
.
Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens among UK's most at-risk buildings.
Mark Brown, ''The Guardian'', 12 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
In July 2021 it received a £10 million National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund, formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom.
History
The fund's predecessor bodies were ...
grant to support its repair and reopening.[ ]
See also
* Grade II* listed buildings in Great Yarmouth
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East ...
References
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Grade II* listed buildings in Norfolk
Buildings and structures in Great Yarmouth
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