Kibble Palace,
Botanic Gardens,
1873,
Boucher and Cousland.

Originally designed for John Kibble's Coulport House on Loch Long by Boucher and Cousland.

In 1871 Kibble offered the building to Glasgow Corporation as a palace of art and concert hall. In 1873 it was reassembled at its current location in the Botanic Gardens.

The entrance leads to a large foyer with nave, transepts and a central crossing dome, all later additions.

When rebuilt, the central dome was enlarged to 44m diameter. Originally it housed a sunken orchestra pit, but is now filled with the collection of plants and trees.

The internal circle of the palace used to be supported on just twelve twisted cast iron columns, but when rebuilt 24 more were added.

Much of the structure, such as this leafy cast iron bracket was added when the building was moved and enlarged.

Within the Palace, which is one of the largest glasshouses in Britain, examples of Victorian sculpture, by Hamo Thornycroft, Goscombe John and others, mix with the collection of trees and plants from around the world."