Rope House (Portsmouth)
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interesting place, historical building
A very long row of houses which were used for making rope.
Running along the full length of Anchor Lane, the Great Ropehouse measures the same as the Eiffel Tower if it were laid on its side. It is one of the longest ropehouses in the country and the fifth to be built in the Dockyard. It was the victim of several disastrous fires which disrupted production of cordage for Britain's huge sailing navy in the 18th Century. One of the arsonists, a Scot known as "Jack the Painter",is immortalised in Dockyard history as he was tried at Winchester Assizes and hanged 60ft high from a mast set up just inside Victory Gate.
www.historicdockyard.co.uk/dockyard/historiclandmarks.p...
Running along the full length of Anchor Lane, the Great Ropehouse measures the same as the Eiffel Tower if it were laid on its side. It is one of the longest ropehouses in the country and the fifth to be built in the Dockyard. It was the victim of several disastrous fires which disrupted production of cordage for Britain's huge sailing navy in the 18th Century. One of the arsonists, a Scot known as "Jack the Painter",is immortalised in Dockyard history as he was tried at Winchester Assizes and hanged 60ft high from a mast set up just inside Victory Gate.
www.historicdockyard.co.uk/dockyard/historiclandmarks.p...
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Coordinates: 50°48'4"N 1°6'25"W
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