Purbeck House, Swanage
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Purbeck House, Swanage
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 23 Jun 2002
Built 1875 to the designs of G.R. Crickmay for George Burt. Pevsner calls it "High Victorian at its most rebarbative". It's certainly not pretty. Grade II listed. It used to be a convent but is now a hotel.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.608189
Longitude
-1.960236