Mappin Terraces

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Mappin Terraces 1913-4
by Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell and John James Joass, listed Grade II.

This imitation of a mountain landscape was designed to provide a naturalistic habitat for bears and other animals. Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, whose inspiration it was, was the Secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1903-35. The construction of the terraces showed what could be done with reinforced concrete, which was then a comparatively new material. The cavernous interior, like that of a real mountain, holds reservoirs of water which is filtered and circulated into the Aquarium below. The Mappin Terraces currently house wallabies and emus.

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