{"id":34123,"date":"2016-01-17T03:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=34123"},"modified":"2016-01-16T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T14:59:08","slug":"ww2-anti-aircraft-towers-to-be-re-purposed-as-luxury-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/01\/17\/ww2-anti-aircraft-towers-to-be-re-purposed-as-luxury-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"WW2 anti-aircraft towers to be re-purposed as luxury resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the Second World War, the British government constructed offshore anti-aircraft installations to extend protection beyond the range of land-based guns and radar. One of these forts is reportedly going to be <a href=\"http:\/\/forces.tv\/61100345\" target=\"_blank\">converted into a luxury resort<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/55U2DdwjUuA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Maunsell Forts built to defend the British Isles from Nazi invasion are in line for an upmarket make-over.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as the next top-notch luxury resort, the forts will come complete with executive apartments, a helipad and even a spa at sea.<\/p>\n<p>The Second World War era forts off the coast of Kent were constructed in 1943, and operated by both Army and Navy personnel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34124\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maunsell-forts-construction.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34124\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maunsell-forts-construction-853x588.jpg\" alt=\"The huge metal Maunsell gun towers, also known as Red Sands, were constructed in 1943 during the Second World War\" width=\"853\" height=\"588\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maunsell-forts-construction-853x588.jpg 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maunsell-forts-construction-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maunsell-forts-construction-480x331.jpg 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maunsell-forts-construction-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Maunsell-forts-construction.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The huge metal Maunsell gun towers, also known as Red Sands, were constructed in 1943 during the Second World War<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Second World War, the British government constructed offshore anti-aircraft installations to extend protection beyond the range of land-based guns and radar. One of these forts is reportedly going to be converted into a luxury resort: The Maunsell Forts built to defend the British Isles from Nazi invasion are in line for an upmarket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[356,4,7,230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-britain","category-history","category-ww2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-8Sn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34125,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34123\/revisions\/34125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}