The Bristol Zoo Clifton site is due to close on September 2022 after 186 years, during which time much has changed. The purpose of a zoo is very different, as is how animals are presented and cared for.

This is the monkey temple, opened in 1928 and I remember it still inhabited by a troupe of macaques until the early 1980s. In 1928 it was the latest in zoo exhibit philosophy, no bars or cages, instead the ground inside fell away to the base of the wall, making it tall enough the monkeys couldn't escape. By the 1980s the basic accommodation was totally unsuited to the animal welfare needs and the monkey species were moved to island habitats set around the zoo's central lake.

I was quite surprised to find it again back in the 2000s, re-purposed as 'smarty plants', an exhibit focused on how plants and animals interact in the natural world.
Following the announcement of the zoo closure the monkey temple, one at least if not the only surviving example of this style of zoo exhibit, was among a number of buildings on the site added to the UK National List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. It will therefore remain, standing over the public gardens and lake which are to be retained during the redevelopment of the site.