Guess the Place

[John Walker]

Sevenoaks area?

[Stewie]

JohnWalker relentlessly zeros in!

The home caters for physically frail people but also caters for dementia sufferers.

The place is just about viewable on GSV but (not surprisingly), shown on satellite view!

[John Walker]

A kind of isolation unit ?

[Stewie]

Not a prison AlanTH (though some might disagree), JohnWalker is on the right lines (though cant comment on the upmarket, we only drifted over the top)!

[John Walker]

Upmarket Care Home?

[AlanTH]

Wild guess but is it a prison?
AlanTH.

[Stewie]

Not a hotel JohnWalker but it is a multiple occupancy building.

[John Walker]

Very unusual - hotel?

[Stewie]

Thank you Beachbum, though I am intrigued by the 'spur' tunnel for Queen Victoria. Are you saying that the train would halt in the tunnel to allow the queen to alight? This sounds a bit fanciful given all the difficulties of alighting a railway carriage in the cramped confines of the tunnel. I will investigate further.

I was not expecting to get this opportunity to post a new one as I thought I may be helping someone else towards the ultimate answer. However I do have something which may be of interest. I recently took a balloon flight with Mrs Stewie and being up there looking down gives a wonderful new perspective of the countryside. We passed over this building which looked quite interesting (certainly from above). So where is this?

[Beachbum]

Thank you John Walker.

Unfortunately the Subway Tunnel was sealed off when the current Granville Theatre was built in 1947.
They excavated down from previous ground level wooden Pavillion, which was a temporary structure from 1908.

Needless to say the owner of the Granville Hotel was not amused. Others had covenants that forbid any structure obstructing their veiw and took the Council to Court for compensation. The covenants were set up by Lady Agusta in 1838.

[John Walker]

An excellent GTP Beachbum.  I wonder how much of the tunnel up to the Granville remains?  I went on the very interesting Ramsgate Tunnels tour a while back.  Highly recommended to those who haven't already visited.

[Beachbum]

So the "Connection" is a Tunnel from the Hotel above, down to the Villas below. This came out of the wooden arched door onto the Esplanade.

This was adapted with another spur Tunnel into the main Railway Tunnel (behind the Villas) enabling Queen Victoria to alight from the train and walk through to the Granville Hotel in privacy.

Over to you Stewie...........

[Stewie]

Well done Stewie, it is the Granville Hotel Complex in Ramsgate. The first photo shows the Holiday Villas on Marina Esplanade (below the Granville Hotel).

Built by Edward Welby Pugin (Son of Augustus Pugin). Queen Victoria was indeed a visitor here.

So whats the "Connection" from the Secret Door?

Afraid I don't know that Beachbum, but hopefully I have helped others here, I just like trains!

[Beachbum]

Well done Stewie, it is the Granville Hotel Complex in Ramsgate. The first photo shows the Holiday Villas on Marina Esplanade (below the Granville Hotel).

Built by Edward Welby Pugin (Son of Augustus Pugin). Queen Victoria was indeed a visitor here.

So whats the "Connection" from the Secret Door?

[Stewie]

Would this be the Granville Hotel in Ramsgate? I only ask as the clue to the dedicated railway express service might be a reference to the 'Granville Express' running to Thanet by I think the South Eastern & Chatham Railway. This being the case, was the special visitor Queen Victoria?