Bournemouth: 1810-1910, the history of a modern health and pleasure resort . er of an acre. Andthis in what is practically a side street! The first conveyance of land from Sir George Ivison Tappsto Mr. Tregonwell was dated the 25th September, building of the Mansion was commenced in 1811, andthe house was in occupation early in 1812. Henceforward,Mr. and Mrs. Tregonwell spent some considerable part ofevery year at Bournemouth. Soon they gathered friendsaround them, and other building was commenced. Thelittle colony at first was made up of relatives, but it quicklyextended. The thatche
Bournemouth: 1810-1910, the history of a modern health and pleasure resort . er of an acre. Andthis in what is practically a side street! The first conveyance of land from Sir George Ivison Tappsto Mr. Tregonwell was dated the 25th September, building of the Mansion was commenced in 1811, andthe house was in occupation early in 1812. Henceforward,Mr. and Mrs. Tregonwell spent some considerable part ofevery year at Bournemouth. Soon they gathered friendsaround them, and other building was commenced. Thelittle colony at first was made up of relatives, but it quicklyextended. The thatched house now known as PortmanLodge is an extension of a four-roomed cottage erected in1810, and formerly known as Symes Cottage, Symes beingthe name of the butler, who lived there, and who probablylooked after the erection of the Mansion. The originalplan of the cottage is still in existence, and in the possessionof Mr. Monro. It is inscribed A Bourne Plan, 1810. Donefor Bourne. Symes Cottage. Drawn by Mr. buildings provided at that early stage included Terrace. BOURNEMOUTH: 1810-1910. 57 Cottage—a predecessor of the present house of that name—which was put up for the accommodation of the gardener,who had the charge not only of the gardens but of theOrchard —which ran from Terrace Road down into Com-mercial Road, and which is commemorated in the names ofOrchard Street and Orchard Lane. The coach-house, in-corporated in a modern villa, still stands in Exeter name Exeter Road commemorates the visit—early inthe last century—of the Marchioness of Exeter, who wasthe first tenant to whom Mr. Tregonwell let his originalMansion. That house, by the way, still stands—incorporatedin the Royal Exeter Hotel. That was the first residenceof Bournemouths first proprietor resident. The following, taken from an old newspaper, is the textof an advertisement published in 1820—an advertisementwhich secured the first letting of the Mansion : — A MARINE RESIDENCE L
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