Austin-Smith:Lord was appointed to undertake the design and sensitive execution of fabric repairs to the iconic, Grade I Listed Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens, London. Our conservation accredited architects worked closely with the Historic Royal Palaces team to prepare proposals in keeping with this significant listed structure dating from 1761/62. The process began in 2015 with early physical surveys recording the true condition of the historic fabric and using a drone to inspect higher sections of the external brickwork and copper roof. Extensive analysis concluded that the copper roof was original, dating from 1762. A major element of this important conservation work was to return the iconic building back to its original splendour and to rediscover and replace the eighty dragons which have become synonymous with the Pagoda.