The Sir Joseph Banks Conservatory is a tropical house at Woodside Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire, England.
The Sir Joseph Banks Conservatory is a 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) [1] tropical house, originally constructed in 1989 [2] within The Lawn complex in Lincoln. [2] [3] It was themed with plants and reminiscent of the voyages of its namesake, Sir Joseph Banks, the British naturalist and botanist from London who, as long-time president of the Royal Society, became known for his promotion of science. [4]
In 2016, the site of the conservatory was sold by the City of Lincoln council to the Stokes coffee company. The conservatory building was moved to the Woodside Wildlife Park, near Langworth, [2] [3] which planned to use it for educational and conservation purposes, [2] including housing crocodiles and red pandas, to show how earth has changed since Banks' voyages. [3] The conservatory has been named 'Endeavour' by Woodside Wildlife Park, after the ship Banks sailed with to South America and Australia from 1768 to 1771. [5] A car park was built at The Lawn on the former location of the conservatory.