2021
TR3752 : Prince of Wales Terrace, Deal
taken 2 years ago, near to Deal, Kent, England
Prince of Wales Terrace, Deal
Although it is hard to envisage now, this was the site of an important Royal Navy yard from the 16th century until its closure in 1863. Its main role was to service the fleet but it also built special flat-bottomed boats for Nelson's attack on Boulogne in 1801. After closure the Admiralty sold the land and it became an estate of up-market houses, including a typical Victorian seaside terrace, which still exists today. The block of apartments on the left, however, dates only from 1990 replacing the Queens Hotel which was destroyed by fire in 1981.
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