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Open
Sundays
10am-4pm.
30-minute
bus486
ride
from
North
Greenwich
to
Memorial
Hospital
Bus
stop
took
us
to
the
smallest
castle
on
the
highest
point
in
London,
and
from
the
viewing
platform
we
were
mesmerised
by
the
spectacular
360-degree
views
over
London.
The
staff
were
friendly
and
lent
us
a
telescope.
We
bought
a
castle
keyring
as
a
souvenir.
The
rose
garden
was
still
in
bud.
Severndroog
Castle
was
designed
by
architect
Richard
Jupp
in
an
ornate
Gothic
style
with
no
practical
utility
at
all,
called
a
Folly,
63
ft
(19
m)
high
and
triangular
in
section,
with
a
hexagonal
turret
at
each
corner.
It
is
commonly
referred
to
as
a
castle
because
of
its
turrets,
but
due
to
its
small
size
and
the
fact
that
it
never
functioned
as
a
castle.
It
was
built
in
April
1755
to
commemorate
Admiral
Sir
William
James,
who
attacked
and
destroyed
the
Maratha
island
fortress
Svarnadurg
(Severndroog
in
English)
on
the
west
coast
of
India
between
Mumbai
and
Goa.
James
died
in
1783
and
the
follies
were
erected
as
a
memorial
to
him
by
his
widow,
Lady
James
of
Eltham.
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