Rocket Cart House

Rocket Cart House
Castlemartin, United Kingdom (GB)
The Rocket Cart House is a holiday house for rent. It once operated as a Coastguard watchtower and is a grade II listed building. Originally built in the nineteenth century it was known as Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus Station no. 11. According to the coastal cottages website the house received its name as "rockets were transported to the site of disaster on a horse drawn cart and fired towards the ship in distress carrying a line to secure the breeches buoy to rescue passengers and crew."
The Rocket Cart House is a holiday house for rent. It once operated as a Coastguard watchtower and is a grade II listed building. Originally built in the nineteenth century it was known as Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus Station no. 11. According to the coastal cottages website the house received its name as "rockets were transported to the site of disaster on a horse drawn cart and fired towards the ship in distress carrying a line to secure the breeches buoy to rescue passengers and crew."
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Links: www.booking.com, www.coastalcottages.co.uk
By: tallturtle82

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