The Shingle House
The Shingle House is a house in Lydd, Shepway District, England. The Shingle House is situated nearby to the building Dungeness Lifeboat Station, as well as near the house Prospect Cottage.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dungeness Lifeboat Station and Prospect Cottage.
Dungeness Lifeboat Station
Building
Dungeness Lifeboat Station is located on Dungeness Road, about 3.5 miles south-east of the town of Lydd, on the cuspate foreland of Dungeness, on the Kent coast. Dungeness Lifeboat Station is situated 820 feet northeast of The Shingle House.
Prospect Cottage
House
Photo: Jasper33, Public domain.
Prospect Cottage is a house on the coast in Dungeness, Kent. Originally a Victorian fisherman's hut, the house was purchased by director and artist Derek Jarman in 1987, and was his home until his death in 1994. Prospect Cottage is situated 900 feet southeast of The Shingle House.
Dungeness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dungeness Lighthouse on the Dungeness Headland started operation on 20 November 1961. Its construction was prompted by the building of Dungeness nuclear power station, which obscured the light of its predecessor which, though decommissioned, remains standing. Dungeness Lighthouse is situated 4,100 feet south of The Shingle House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lydd-on-Sea and Dungeness.
Lydd-on-Sea
Village
Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.
Dungeness
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh.
Lade
Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent. Lade is situated 1½ miles north of The Shingle House.
The Shingle House
- Type: House
- Description: house in Lydd, Kent, England, UK
- Categories: single-family detached home, building, and residential building
- Location: Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.92471° or 50° 55′ 29″ northLongitude
0.97422° or 0° 58′ 27″ eastOpen location code
9F22WXFF+VMOpenStreetMap ID
way 541980598OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseWikidata ID
Q130338947
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In Other Languages
“The Shingle House” goes by many names.
- German: “»The Shingle House«”
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Highlights include No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement) and Dungeness railway station.
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