What is recorded here

Glasgow Botanic Gardens hold Kibble Palace, a 19th-century conservatory where glass and iron still force tropical life to flourish under Scottish skies. The address sits at 703 Great Western Road, placing the building inside one of the city's oldest public landscapes. People may have walked past exotic plants, measured heat in the palms of their hands, or simply marveled that summer could be built rather than waited for.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glasgow, 703 Great Western Road, Botanic Gardens, Kibble Palace as Conservatory (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Kibble Palace was built in the 1860s by the Kibble family as a conservatory to house their extensive collection of exotic plants. It is important as a notable example of Victorian glasshouse architecture and is now a popular attraction within Glasgow's Botanic Gardens.

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