Listed Building record MDO16606 - Purbeck House Hotel, 91 High Street, Swanage
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Summary
Nineteenth century house built in 1875 to designs by G Crickmay, for George Burt. An imposing house in a "baronial" style, of stone, with a tiled roof. The main elevations are faced with granite fragments left over from the base of the Albert Memorial, London, which Burt was building at the time. Various other fragments from London buildings are incorporated in the house, as well as a number of stone and terracotta plaques of classical design, from the Great Exhibition of 1851.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SZ 02929 78719 (51m by 38m) |
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| Map sheet | SZ07NW |
| Civil Parish | Swanage; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
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Record last edited
Feb 23 2009 3:19AM
