Title

The Dover Sailors' Home, 1856. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Dover Sailors' Home, 1856. 'The Dover Sailors' Home was inaugurated on the 29th of November last by Captain Hall, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Blenheim...From a small though comfortable receptacle for shipwrecked and distressed sailors, it has now become a permanent, as well as one of the most useful and important of our local institutions. The Dover Sailors' Home is a very handsome edifice exteriorly, and, what is of much more importance, its internal resources are all that can be desired in an institution of this sort. Besides having forty beds at disposal, it comprises a refreshment room, reading-room, smoking-room, bath, an excellent kitchen and convenient offices; in a word, it is complete, and reflects the greatest credit on the architect and the builders'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM23A56_416

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Keywords

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