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The growth of Bournemouth as a seaside town.
A guide to help estimate the age of buildings as part of fieldwork on
coastalisation.
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The first building in Bournemouth and the newest.The Royal Exeter Hotel is the house built by Captain Lewis Tregonwell in
1810.The building site in the background is a new hotel complex by the Hilton
Hotels chain.
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In the 1800’s Bournemouth was the home to many rich and influential families.
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Prince Edward, later King Edward 7th, built a home in Bournemouth in 1877. He would retreat to this home to escape the pressures of court life in London and to
spend time with his many mistresses.
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The valley of the Bourne Stream was landscaped and became a very popular tourist attraction.
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The railway arrived in 1885 and large areas of the heath were developed alongside the railway line. These
terraced houses are typical of this period of Victorian architecture.
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The growth of the town during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods was rapid and much of the existing
town centre was built at this time.
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1920’s Art Deco Style buildings in the centre of town.
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The interwar period saw continued rapid growth of the town as a wider range of service industries moved into
new office developments in the area.
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Typical interwar style housing, often built in the grounds of earlier villas and larger houses.
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1950’s style flats
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1960’s style flats
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1960’s shopping and office development on the former site of Victorian housing.
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The Bournemouth International Centre was opened in 1984. It is a major conference and exhibition venue plus one of the largest concert halls in the south of the UK.
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Modern offices have been built to house a wide range of footloose financial services and the Bournemouth
University.
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Bournemouth is a major player in finance and the digital economy.
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Modern residential development.
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Modern housing and retail development on a brownfield site close to the town centre.
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The first pier was built in 1856 with the current structure dating back to the 1950’s and the current
pierhead buildings rebuilt in 1979.
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A £multi-million investment on Bournemouth seafront.