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Elephant House 1st November 1997

What did Dudley Zoo do with their elephant house once they stopped exhibiting elephants?
 
Not much. It's still there, with a lemur exhibit in the old indoor quarters and a wallaby walkthrough in the paddock. The Elephant House itself is a Grade II listed building (1076028 - The National Heritage List for England | English Heritage) and subject to strict protections - along with a number of other Tecton structures in the zoo and various others - including the main cafe, the sea lion pools, various carnivore exhibits, the former bird house and even the current meerkat enclosure. All of these are Grade II or II* listed - there is also one Grade I listed building (a very special designation) - the Castle itself!
 
English Heritage beg to differ! They're Grade II listed and have been since 1970. :D

It was only a year later that Scotia converted one for Cuddles, not to mention putting Dolphins in the other one! No wonder the authorities were not amused.
 
Not much. It's still there, with a lemur exhibit in the old indoor quarters and a wallaby walkthrough in the paddock. The Elephant House itself is a Grade II listed building (1076028 - The National Heritage List for England | English Heritage) and subject to strict protections - along with a number of other Tecton structures in the zoo and various others - including the main cafe, the sea lion pools, various carnivore exhibits, the former bird house and even the current meerkat enclosure. All of these are Grade II or II* listed - there is also one Grade I listed building (a very special designation) - the Castle itself!

That dead weight of immovable concrete bedevils Dudley. I suppose if you have a taste for modernist architecture you may feel differently!:rolleyes:
 

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