Coastguard cottages at Shingle Street
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Coastguard cottages at Shingle Street
Image: © Simon Mortimer Taken: 17 Jul 2020
The coastguard cottages date back to Victorian times and provided accommodation for married staff. The single men lived in the single storey block next door, before it was converted to lodging houses in the 1870s.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.034473
Longitude
1.453186