Quex Park [7]
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Quex Park [7]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 7 Sep 2021
This four storey tower, built circa 1812, was used to signal to ships at sea. Constructed of brown brick with a stone coping. See also Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1094673 Quex Park is a 19th century manor house in an estate of some 250 acres. The park is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum which has collections of stuffed exotic animals from Africa and other African artefacts, European firearms, European and Asian cutting weapons, European and Chinese porcelain, and important archaeological finds from Thanet and East Kent.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.370183
Longitude
1.316503