Guess the Place

[Beachbum]

Thanks John Walker, and MartinR for not giving up the search.


So your next one: What were these Buildings for? and where does the secret door go to?

[John Walker]

It's just shown on Google as    Pablo Bronstein - Beach Hut

One of many art projects dotted around Folkestone.  Some are very strange.

There's another one a bit further along the beach walk.  The Ledge by Bill Woodrow 

I think it's over to you Beachbum.

[Beachbum]

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/hawksmoor-inspired-beach-hut-unwrapped-in-folkestone

[johnfilmer]

I spent ages cruising along the road above, convinced that it was a cctv mast or such…

As ever, easy when you know the answer 

[MartinR]

A beach hut!  Not even listed.

• From GSV:                 51.0736871,1.1681242
• Nat Grid:                    TR 22032 35259
• Nearest Post Code:   CT20 2JP
• Co-ords (WGS84):     51°04'25"N,001°10'05"E

Well you clearly had it first Beachbum, GSV shows the doors you put up.

[Beachbum]

You are so close MartinR

[John Walker]

I've got to give to you MartinR.  You don't give in easily
Move to the coastal path from the Grand and you will be very close.

[MartinR]

My brain hurts!

According to Google Maps searching for the "Grand Folkstone" goes to the "Folkstone Grand Burstin" on the Harbour Approach Road.  The Metropole is some distance away on Metropole Rd E, with "Folkstone Art Works: Yoko Ono, Earth Peace" next door.  However when I go into GSV it says "The Grand" on the front and I can see a glass veranda.  I shall resume my search later today after a lie down in a darkened room.

[John Walker]

It's a rather strange 'Creative Folkestone' artwork close to the beach. Easily visible from the GSV route along the beach.

The glass house is still in place on the front of The Grand.  Perhaps you are looking at the equally large Metropole Hotel next door?

Hope that helps.

[MartinR]

Well putting "Edward VII" and "Monkey house" into DuckDuckGo I get the Grand Hotel, Folkstone.  It looks though as if it has been rebuilt, there's no glasshouse!  Still can't find your GTP though.  Are those microwave dishes on it?  If so should I be looking in the Harbour Arm or on the top of the hill?

[John Walker]

It's also a local nickname given to the large conservatory on the front of a very posh hotel near my GTP 

The King, Edward VII, became a frequent visitor, so much so that the locals would wander along in front of the building peering into the glasshouse to catch a glimpse of him.  Apparently because he and his friends were heavily bearded, it became likened to looking at monkeys in a cage, hence the sobriquet Monkey House.

[MartinR]

Not really.  The Monkey house is a restaurant near Hyde Park, London and a child's play area in Birkenhead! 

[John Walker]

The 'Monkey House' will put you close to the location

[Beachbum]

The Doors to ?

[John Walker]

Not far from a busy entertainment centre and two rather large buildings which were built as hotels - one is now apartments and the other is part hotel and part apartments as I understand it.