Great Yarmouth Row Houses were wealthy

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's residences located on South Quay in the town of

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in the English county of

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. Originally built as one family's dwelling, the

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were later sub-divided into

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and became part of the town's distinctive "Rows"', a network of narrow alleyways linking Yarmouth's three main thoroughfares. Many "Row Houses" were damaged by

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bombing or demolished during post-war clearances. These two surviving properties have been preserved to show the different characteristics of the dwellings over various stages in their history. The Row Houses are under the management and care of

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.Description in the first paragraph of Great Yarmouth Rows
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