It was a familiar landmark on the coast of Norfolk for more than a century.
But the distinctive yellow and red building which housed the Wells lifeboat is now rubble, after a swift project to demolish it.
A campaign had been launched to save the structure, but Wells RNLI confirmed that work to knock it down had been completed on November 25, just weeks after starting.
The lifeboat station has been replaced by a new state-of-the-art facility, just metres away, at the end of Beach Road, which was opened earlier this month.
When Wells RNLI was given consent to build its new base, there was a condition that its former home would be removed.
The original boathouse was built in 1895, although it has undergone alterations since then to upgrade facilities and house different lifeboats and machinery.
Its destruction will come as a disappointment to the more than 35,000 people who signed a petition hoping to save the building.
Early next year, the town’s Mersey class lifeboat will be retired after 32 years of service.
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