Housing Grove Road Portland
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Housing Grove Road Portland
Image: © Tom Jolliffe Taken: 6 Jan 2012
This house at Portland not far from the Youth Offenders' Institute on Grove Road was originally probably built for the staff. The houses need to be sturdy in this windswept location and nearly all are built from the renowned Portland stone from which so many buildings are constructed in London.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.551482
Longitude
-2.425378