Designing Buildings: A picture postcard showing the three-legs shape; the waiting room with its barrel ceiling set between two legs and overlooking the harbour; the Crows Nest supported on pillars this area was filled in 1979); and the covered link to the Edward Pier. The sma

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A picture postcard showing the three-legs shape; the waiting room with its barrel ceiling set between two legs and overlooking the harbour; the Crows Nest supported on pillars this area was filled in 1979); and the covered link to the Edward Pier. The small stone building in the harbour is the Tower of Refuge, built by Sir William Hillary as a place of safety for mariners shipwrecked entering the harbour in heavy seas. Source Celebrating the Sea Terminal Building in IHBCs Context 153, published in March 2018,written by Ashley Pettit, an architect practicing in Douglas, who represents the Isle of Man on the IHBC north west committee and the IHBC on the Isle of Man conservation forum.[https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1050 https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1050]

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Designing Buildings: A picture postcard showing the three-legs shape; the waiting room with its barrel ceiling set between two legs and overlooking the harbour; the Crows Nest supported on pillars this area was filled in 1979); and the covered link to the Edward Pier. The sma