The former boatyard of the British Power Boat Co. Ltd. The company was formed 30 September 1927 to use R Kemp's Hythe Boatyard which Hubert-Scott Paine had purchased in the same year. The British Power Boat Company became a limited liability company in June 1938 and was liquidated in 1947. In 1989 this site was occupied by Dreamland Electric Blanket Company. The photographer is looking at an external iron fire escape staircase against a concrete framed brick building with casement windows. The stairs lead up to an open fire door at first floor level. Two of the step supports are broken. A vertical format negative.