Had some spare time today, so I thought I’d go and see the 18th century pagoda that the Greenwich Phantom wrote about so nicely in his blog. It really is worth a trip, even though it is a private house, so you’ll have to make do with peering in from the pavement.
There is a huge oval window on each of the two sides that can’t be seen from the entrance. This photo from the terrible camera-phone doesn’t do them justice. It must be a beautifully lit room on a summer evening.
It is quite tricky to find if you forget to take a map (oops), and eventually I googled my way to it with the help of these instructions. Here’s a map link if you’d rather do it the easy way.
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May 18, 2008 at 3:08 am
[...] seems that there is a second crater on the moon named after a Blackheath resident. When I went searching for the pagoda a couple of days ago, I spotted another blue plaque (you’ll remember the first blue plaque [...]
May 28, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Interesting! I’m going to check this out on the weekend!
June 1, 2008 at 12:18 pm
[...] Party by the Pagoda? Jump to Comments There is finally a chance to see the amazing Pagoda at close range, instead of squinting through the bushes like a ne’er do well, as I did in this post. [...]
July 23, 2008 at 12:08 am
[...] never quite got around to mentioning The Hare and Billet pub. Just down the road from the Pagoda, and Jack the Ripper’s house (possibly not), is this quiet little pub. Much more low key [...]
February 5, 2009 at 7:48 am
[...] – I’d always intended to, but never quite got around to it. He also didn’t visit The Pagoda, which is a great [...]