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Severndroog Castle is a Folly (designed by Architect Richard Jupp in 1784) situated in Oxleas Wood , on Shooter's Hill in south-east London in the London Borough Of Greenwich . It was built to commemorate Commodore Sir and Goa coast of India . He died in 1783 and the castle was built as a memorial to him by his wife, Lady James of Eltham . A Grade II Listed Building , the Gothic -style castle is 63 feet (19 m) high and triangular in section, with a hexagonal turret at each corner. From its elevated position, it offers views across London, with features in seven different counties visible on a clear day. In 1988, the local council could no longer afford the building's upkeep and it was boarded up. In 2002, a community group, the Severndroog Castle Building Preservation Trust, was established. In 2004, it featured in the BBC TV series '' Restoration '' (presented by Griff Rhys Jones , Ptolemy Dean and Marianne Suhr , producer-director Paul Coueslant) - with the aim of gaining support for a programme of work to restore the building and open it to the public. EXTERNAL LINKS
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