Listed Building record MDO15441 - Superintendent's House, Old Water Works, Iford Lane, Tuckton, Bournemouth
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Summary
Superintendent's house at the Old Water Works. Two storeyed building with half-hipped gables. It was occupied 1900-13 by Russian emigres led by Count Vladimir Tchertkoff, who set up here the Free Age Press on which many of Tolstoy's later works (banned in Russia) were first printed.
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Superintendent's house next to road, 2 storeys, asymmetrical T-plan, with half- hipped gables, slate roof with ornamental tile ridge, segment-headed windows, flat-roofed extension. Both this house and the pumping station are included partly for industrial qualities, but principally for historical reasons : they were occupied 1900-13 by Russian emigres led by Count Vladimir Tchertkoff, who set up here the Free Age Press on which many of Tolstoy's later works (banned in Russia) were first printed.
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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 14577 92560 (18m by 17m) |
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| Map sheet | SZ19SW |
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
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Record last edited
Apr 4 2013 5:14PM