Features
The 12 acres (5 ha) park was designed by the curator of Hull's Botanic Gardens, James Craig Niven.
Several structures within the park, are now listed as features of special interest. The listed structures are:
- The entrance to the park, a cast-iron gateway created in 1863 by Young & Pool.
- An ornate cast-iron canopied drinking fountain erected in 1864
- The east entrance lodge which was built in 1860–1
- A statue of Queen Victoria by Thomas Earle in 1861
- A statue of Prince Albert by Thomas Earle in 1868
- The Pearson memorial
- The cupola from Hull's demolished Town Hall
- Three nearby villas, numbers 43, 50 and 54, built in the 1860s.
The top-floor flat of a similar house, number 32, owned by the University of Hull was the home of poet Philip Larkin for 18 years from 1956. This vantage point was later commemorated in the poem "High Windows".
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