The Pagoda

THE PAGODA, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW, KEW GREEN, RICHMOND UPON THAMES, TW9 3AB

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1262593
Date first listed:
10-Jan-1950
Statutory Address:
THE PAGODA, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW, KEW GREEN, RICHMOND UPON THAMES, TW9 3AB
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1262593
Date first listed:
10-Jan-1950
Statutory Address 1:
THE PAGODA, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW, KEW GREEN, RICHMOND UPON THAMES, TW9 3AB

Location

Statutory Address:
THE PAGODA, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW, KEW GREEN, RICHMOND UPON THAMES, TW9 3AB

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Greater London Authority
District:
Richmond upon Thames (London Borough)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 18468 76078

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/10/2017

TQ 1876
10/15

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
The Pagoda

(Formerly listed as The Pagoda, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS)


10.1.50

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1761-2. By Sir William Chambers. Grey stock brick. Ten storeys high (163 ft). Octagonal. Each of the upper storeys arcaded and balconied with "Chippendale" Chinese style railing all round, painted in Chinese red on the balcony projections. Each storey sheltered by roofed coving, also painted red. Ring of timber posts support slated roof to ground storey. The Pagoda roof originally of glazed tiles but is now leaded. Originally ornamented with enamelled dragons.


Listing NGR: TQ1885277464

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434596
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Sources

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Malden, H E, The Victoria History of the County of Surrey: Volume III, (1911), 485

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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 17 Greater London

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