| Candie Cardens | |
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 Candie Gardens from the air | |
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| Location | St Peter Port |
| Created | 1894 |
Candie Gardens is a park in St Peter Port, Guernsey, originally established as a Victorian pleasure gardens in 1894.
| Candie Cardens | |
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| Candie Gardens from the air | |
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| Location | St Peter Port |
| Created | 1894 |
Candie Gardens is a park in St Peter Port, Guernsey, originally established as a Victorian pleasure gardens in 1894.
The gardens were originally those of Candie House, and became a public park in 1894. [1]
The Upper Gardens feature panoramic views over the islands of Herm and Sark. [1] Two statues of note within the Upper Gardens are those of Queen Victoria and Victor Hugo. [1] The statue of Victoria was erected in 1900 to mark her Diamond Jubilee; it was cast in bronze by C B Birch and is a replica of those in Aberdeen and the Thames Embankment, [1] and was cast by the same foundry, Hollingshead & Burton of Thames Ditton. [2] The statue of Hugo was erected in 1914, and was a gift of the French Government as thanks for the hospitality shown towards the writer during his exile on Guernsey. [1] It was sculpted by Jean Boucher from stone, mounted on a limestone base, which, in turn, sits on a block of Jaonneuse granite. [3]
The former Candie House is now the Priaulx Library. [1] [4] The Upper Gardens also feature the Guernsey Museum and an adjacent café, in the former bandstand. [1] The museum was established in 1978, replacing the former Pavilion, at which The Beatles played in 18 August 1963. [5] The Beatles performed two shows on the day, at 7pm and 9.15pm, were their only ones on the island, and were promoted by Baron Pontin. [6] [7]
Just behind the pavilion stands Café Victoria.
The Lower Gardens feature a rare surviving example of a Victorian Public Flower Garden, which was restored in 1998-99. [1] There are also two surviving greenhouses in the Lower Gardens, both dating from 1792 and 1793. [1] [8]
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