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03

The mooring with the most

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Seen from the inside, The Harpy puts the visitor in mind of an eccentrically furnished Edwardian cricket pavilion — except no pavilion outside an earthquake zone sways and thumps quite like this one. Glance out through the sash windows, taking in the dramatic close-up of Tower Bridge, however, and the reason for the movement becomes obvious: this is no conventional building, but rather a double-decker pontoon that for more than 70 years was a base for the men from Customs and Excise and now, completely restored, has been converted into an unusual floating home. “The reason I love it is it feels so open

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