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The Gothic Chapel of the Sacred Heart,
was designed by Pugin in 1890. Its impressive tower, immediately
beside the Dover Road, is a distinctive landmark.
It was built for the Convent of the
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary which had moved to Walmer
in 1875 to escape persecution in Poland and Germany. The
convent, an enclosed order, left Walmer in 1971 because of
increasing traffic noise. Most of the convent was demolished
in 1982 and its land used for housing. However, its walls
and the chapel were retained.
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