Comments on: Martello Tower house

The photos of the conversions with the modern windows set into the wall (particularly number 13 on this list) make me wince, but I couldn't live in one of those buildings without more light than the...

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By: Mike Mongo

January 31, 2011, 7:08 am

Key West, FL has its own Martello Towers. There is the West Martello Tower, home to the Key West Garden Club. And there is the East Martello Tower, home to Fort East Martello Museum & Gardens...

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By: crunchland

January 31, 2011, 4:56 am

I found a BBC series on bittorrent about different people all around the UK and their struggles with the government authorities after they bought listed properties and tried to make them livable. In...

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By: MuffinMan

January 31, 2011, 3:25 am

Also - probably the quirkiest holiday home in Suffolk - the House in the Clouds.

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By: MuffinMan

January 31, 2011, 3:21 am

Just down from the Martello Tower featured in the FPP is this one, in Aldeburgh, which you can also stay in. [The Landmark Trust is a fantastic resource for staying in all sorts of unusual historic...

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By: Coobeastie

January 31, 2011, 1:37 am

@Harald - probably not. They have huge walls to withstand bombardment (they taper towards the top, but you're talking about two feet thick at the mid-point of the tower), which acts as insulation. You...

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By: Katjusa Roquette

January 31, 2011, 1:26 am

@ Harald, or you could just put on some damn clothes ت ! But seriously, I sud see the Martello tower from Joyce's great work at a distance. Pretty cool.

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