Boscombe Manor...

It's not just the seafront at Boscombe that is seeing major re-development at the moment. Boscombe Manor is also undergoing major change.
The original building on the site was known as Boscombe Cottage, and was built in 1801. In 1849, Sir Percy Florence Shelly purchased the building, while Robert Louis Stevenson became a regular visitor after he had moved into the area.
The Manor building was also made use of as an HQ for the Home Guard until the end of the second world war.
The site was then used by Bournemouth College for many years, but in recent times has been allowed to fall into disrepair. In 2005, the building was sold to Charles Higgins Associates, who are in the process of re-developing the area to house two Doctor's surgeries as well as 14 apartments to the west of the main building.

© 2007