Purbeck House Hotel detail
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Purbeck House Hotel detail
Image: © Mike Parker Taken: 18 Mar 2023
The hotel, at Swanage's highest point, was built in the 1870s as the home of George Burt, the man singlehandedly responsible for bringing to his native town so many cast-offs and relics of Victorian London. He built his home in a florid Scottish baronial style.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.608189
Longitude
-1.960095