In addition to the places described in the foregoing two posts, we visited two others. Unfortunately, as I have committed myself to blogging on the day and have run out of time, I cannot describe them in detail. All I can do is identify them so that you can research them yourself, if you wish.

The first is the Blackheath Quaker Meeting House, a Grade II list Brutalist building, whose meeting room is shown above. Note the hour glass on the table (hour glasses fascinate me!).

It has a pyramidal ceiling to allow in the light without this being intrusive.

You will find plenty of information about this intriguing building online.

The next is Boone’s Chapel, built in 1683 to serve almshouses erected by the Merchant Taylors’ Company which have since been demolished. (Photo by Tigger.)

Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hook were both involved in building it. The chapel fell into a state of neglect but has been rescued and restored. As with the previous item, information about this building can be found online.

When we emerged from this last visit, we were both rather tired as we we done a lot of walking and we were glad to sit on buses for the long ride home.

It now remains to be seen what tomorrow will bring!

Our next destination was a Jacobean mansion called Charlton House, pleasantly situated in Charlton Park. (Photo by Tigger.) It was built in 1609-12 as a residence. In its long history it has served as a military hospital and a museum and is now a community centre. The rooms no longer contain period furnishings so the interest is in the fixed decor.

The column-decorated entrance.

We started with a cup of tea in the house’s cafe which has this strapwork-decorated ceiling.

Here are some photos taken as we went through the house.

Here is a view of the park which I assume was once the house’s grounds.

This gateway now stands in an isolated position in the grounds.

As a nice touch, this public library occupies a part of the house.

This quaint little building away from the house near the road is the stables.

We crossed the road and caught a bus to Blackheath for the next part of our tour.

Here we are leaving the train at Charlton. It’s a pleasant sunny day so far, just right for a ramble. Let’s hope it remains so.

Here we are in Charlton village, heading to our first destination. This is London’s annual Open House weekend when many buildings are thrown open to the public.

On the way we spied this old drinking fountain. Is it Victorian? (Many, if not most antique ones date to that period.) I could not find a plaque or any other dedication so I cannot be sure.

This photo by Tigger shows where we were going, to the 17th-century Church of St Luke with Holy Trinity. (The double name suggests that two churches once combined into one but I didn’t enquire into that.)

On the façade of the church is this colourful sundial. I’m not sure that it is telling the correct time but in this age of watches and mobile phones that hardly matters.

This is a general view of the interior of the church, looking towards the altar.

The church has a number of stained glass windows, so ancient and some more recent.

This is one of the side chapels. If it has a name, I did not see one displayed.

This is a view towards the rear of the church, showing the massive beams in the roof.

On the way out we stopped to view the Millennium Tapestry, completed in 1999. It is in a narrow room so I had to take it by panorama which accounts for the distortion. It i a very complex piece of work and we were told that people who had worked on it were reckoned to be descendants of people who had worked on the Bayeux Tapestry.

In the entrance is this colourful mosaic showing a winged bull with the inscription SANCTUS LUCAS. This mythologicl animal is the symbol of the named saint.

We now caught a bus to our next destination.