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Cleveland Stanhope market
On the east side of the square is Cleveland Stanhope market, which bustles on Saturdays.
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courthouse
The town's restored courthouse has limestone balustrades and a clapboard upper story topped by a clock tower supported by Corinthian columns. The clock was sent to Lucea in 1817 by mistake - it was actually intended for the Caribbean island of St Lucia. It has supposedly worked without a hitch ever since.
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Fort Charlotte
The overgrown remains of Fort Charlotte overlook the channel a short distance beyond Rusea High School. It's named after Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of England. The octagonal fortress still boasts cannons in its embrasures.
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Hanover Historical Society
The once-bustling port abounds in old limestone-and-timber structures in 'Carib-bean vernacular' style, with gingerbread wood trim, clapboard frontages and wide verandas. The oldest dates to the mid-1700s. Lucea has appeared in several films, including Cool Runnings and Wide Sargasso Sea. The Hanover Historical Society is active in the town's preservation.
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Hanover Museum
A side road that begins 200m west of the church leads to the Hanover Museum, a tiny affair housed in an old police barracks. Exhibits include prisoners' stocks, a wooden bathtub and a miscellany of pots, lead weights and measures. It also has a tiny gift shop, toilets and a snack bar.
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Hanover Parish Church
A walk north up the main frontage road curls past some of Lucea's finest historical houses, many in a state of near decrepitude, and deposits you atop the headland with a fine view east over Lucea Harbour. At the hillcrest is Hanover Parish Church, established in 1725. It's architecturally uninspired but has several interesting monuments; a Jewish section of the walled cemetery recalls the days when Lucea had a vibrant Jewish community.
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Lloyd Hoffstead Gallery
In a yellow house about 100m east of the Texaco gas station in the center of town, the well-known artist Lloyd Hoffstead has a gallery, which displays his paintings and sculptures.
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Rusea High School
On the headland beyond the church is Rusea High School, a venerable Georgian-style red-brick building constructed in 1843 as an army barracks.
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Sir Alexander Bustamante Square
Sir Alexander Bustamante Square is centered on a small fountain fronting the handsome courthouse. Note the vintage 1932 fire engine beside the courthouse.
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