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Boy it was exciting to see it! And no queues! Honesty, there is nothing better one can do but to rate 5 stars a pile of bricks...
Just what it says. Archeological features scattered on ground nearby.
A brick arch with rustication in stucco. Triple arched opening with oculi above lower side arches, it has stone band course and a fragmented blocked cornice and brick coffering and a corniced doorway. It was built in 1759–60 by Sir William Chambers.
Beautiful piece of history even if it is a Georgian replica, the design looks a cross between Grecco-Roman. Left in its natural state makes it all the more interesting, definitely something I would go and see again.
You can feel the history as you walk under the old bricks with moss and plants growing over. We visited the pegoda as part of our Kew Gardens experience and walked through the arch on our way back to exit. Well worth doing the same as compliments your Kew garden day well.
The Runied Arch is within Kew Gardens and I really enjoyed it. The experience to see something so old and crumbling contrasting with all of the fresh and thriving plants surrounding it is just amazing.
Folly, pure and simple. Looks the part.
