Royal Marines Barracks " Exiles Club, Heritage Point, Ascens

Royal Marines Barracks (later the Exiles Club), Heritage Point, Ascension Island. Although construction began in 1833 the barracks would not be completed and habitable until 1836. Originally a single-storied building a second story and clock tower were added sometime after 1848. The barracks continued to house men deployed to Ascension until 1903 at which point they became used as a stores with the cellars serving as a magazine. In the latter half of the 20th century the building was occupied by the Exiles Club. Ascension Island is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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