Duck Island Cottage: Once a store for bicycles confiscated in St James’s Park, London, UK

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Duck Island Cottage, St James’s Park, in April

Duck Island Cottage (from a public information point in St James’s Park):

“Duck Island Cottage • Swiss Chalet for a British Bird-Keeper”

Public information point in St James’s Park, London: A brief history of Duck Island Cottage

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• “This pretty cottage was built in 1841 as the home of the Bird-Keeper in St James’s Park. It also had a club room for the Ornithological Society of London, which once helped to look after the park’s ducks and geese.”

Duck Island Cottage, St James’s Park, viewed from across the lake

• “The design, like a Swiss chalet, was intended to be a contrast to the grand architecture of government buildings nearby.”

Duck Island Cottage, London: The adjoining vegetable patch in April

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• “The cottage has been altered several times and its use has also changed. It was once a store for bicycles confiscated in the park but it is now used as offices.”

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