Selsey Lifeboat Station - demolition

[Mag1cp2x]

I've been told that they're going to demolish Selsey's Lifeboat Station. I don't know the full story but, in my opinion, it's an iconic structure that should be preserved.
(Please move/remove if this is in the wrong place)

Selsey Lifeboat Station HDR by Graeme Hutson, on Flickr

 

[lightshipman]

It's going to be replaced with a modern station.

 

[rob-nikon]

It's a shame that it's at the end of the pier, they could have done what they did at Tenby and sell it to turn into a house and build the new one next to it. The problem is some these modern lifeboats don't fit in the old lifeboat houses as easy. Time for locals to get some great images before its replaced. There is a photographer going around trying to photograph all of the stations, their image of the old Penlee station was very good.

 

[DowntonMini]

I was about to say the same a @rob-nikon about Tenby such a shame for them to pull it down

 

[rob-nikon]

This is the guy and his article on the Penlee lifeboat house I was thinking of:

http://lifeboatstationproject.com/2015/12/19/penlee-courage-at-christmas/

Some of those images really do the place justice considering the loss of the Penlee Lifeboat in 1981. 2 years later the lifeboat moved to Newlyn habour but they have kept the old lifeboat house as a memorial to the crew who lost their lives in 1981.

 

[Mark twiglet]

When is it planned to be demolished?

 

[Cloudforest]

http://lifeboatstationproject.com/2015/12/19/penlee-courage-at-christma

Thanks for the link Rob. Well worth reading about this project.

 

[EdwardL]

Always a shame but time and technology move on.