Danson House

Address: | Danson Park, Bexleyheath, DA6 8HL |
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Phone: | 020-8303 6699 |
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Opening times: | Open to the public from Apr-Oct, although available to hire throughout the year. |
How to get there: | Station: Bexleyheath (from London Bridge or Charing Cross), then a 10-minute walk |
Entry fee: | Admission charge |
Danson House is an important mid-18th-century Palladian villa, recently rescued from dereliction. Set in a municipal park in suburban southeast London, it was designed from 1763–67 by Robert Taylor, architect of the Bank of the England, for Sir John Boyd, a director of the East India Company and heir to West Indian sugar plantations. The last private owner was Mr Alfred Bean, a railway entrepreneur, who sold it to Bexley Borough Council in 1921. It was taken on a long lease from the Council by English Heritage in 1995. |
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