Chinese bridge and pagoda, St James's Park, Westminster, London mb-artistname Ingrey and Madeley Originally built as a hospital

Originally built as a hospital for retired sailors

c1815 from an earlier print dated 1663

with figures in the courtyard

formerly part of Greyfriars Monastery

Chinese bridge and pagoda, St James's Park, Westminster, London mb-artistname Ingrey and Madeley Originally built as a hospitalChinese bridge and pagoda, St James's Park, Westminster, London, 1814. View of the bridge and pagoda from the canal, St James's Park. The bridge and pagoda wer erected in the park in commemoration of the 'Glorious Peace of 1814'. The pagoda which was illuminated with gas lights, caught fire on the last day of the festival, and collapsed into the lake, killing two men and some swans.