Listed Building record MDO15398 - Brookside (now part or Hermitage Hotel), Exeter Road, Bournemouth
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Summary
Italianate stucco villa, built about 1850, with 4-storey tower. John Keble stayed here from October 1865 and died here in March 1860. Now part of Hermitage Hotel.
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Now part of White Hermitage Hotel. Italianate stucco villa, circa 1850, included partly for historical reasons - John Keble stayed here from October 1865 and died here in March 1860 - but mainly for picturesque quality of south-east corner tower on eminence above Pleasure Gardens. Tower 4-storey with coupled windows, round- arched and flat headed, on 1st and 2nd floors, 'belfry' stage with triplet windows of thin stepped Moorish type, capped by pyramidal slate roof. South front of 3 storey house has continuous balconies on 2 upper floors between tower and 3-storey canted bay under gable at south-west corner. Overhanging eaves.
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- --- SWX4461 Scheduling record: Department of the Environment. 15-Feb-1994. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Bournemouth amendment 1994. Vol 768.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SZ 08784 90878 (28m by 21m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ09SE |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
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Record last edited
Mar 28 2013 5:03PM