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South-east Lodge |
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Strutt asked for two entrances to the Arboretum. on the right is an
1840 drawing of The South - east Lodge which was accessed via a footpath
from Osmaston Road, later to become the Reginald Street entrance.
The drawing on the right is an 1840 drawing of the South-East Lodge as seen from within the Arboretum. Hot water if required, plates cutlery tables and chairs were provided ( at Joseph Strutt's expense), in the public rooms, where members of the public could bring their own food to eat. The building of Reginald Street itself took place on land formerly owned by Thomas Roe in 1889 defined the eastern boundary of the Arboretum. The installed Interpretation panels (Heritage Lottery Fund provided) wrongly state that this was a labourer's cottage. Records show that William Hudson the Curator lived here from 1841.
Right: South-east Lodge C 1900 Drawings reproduced from "A Catalogue of Trees and Shrubs" J. C. Loudon 1840. Courtesy of Derby Local Studies Library
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South-east Lodge C 1900 |
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South-East Lodge, replacement building, has now been demolished |
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1970s replacement South-east Lodge The lodge, was demolished and replaced by a council designed building, typical of the cheap poor quality council buildings of the 1970s (Photo on the right), possibly 1973 according to Tony Griffin, who worked at the Arboretum during the 1970s. This building consisted of a mess room and a first floor flat. |
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The building has now been demolished The building has now been replaced by a "footprint" of the original lodge ground plan will be included in the design. |
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compound wall has now been removed and the ground opened up as part of the
enlarged Arboretum.
This land was the preferred location, by some local activists, for the Heart of the Park Building. The building work to the right is the new Park Gate Apartment complex under construction, on Reginald Street. |
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| Right: The old Reginald Street Baths frontage (C1900) and the new, tastefully designed Park Gate Apartment complex are viewed from within the gardens. |
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The White Poplar in a Circle This view of the newly restored Reginald Street Garden shows the Circle with White Poplar (the tall thin sapling in the centre of the circle) as in Loudon's original plan. However excavation work proved that the tree was never planted, so we see a completion of Loudon's plan here. |
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