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West Bay as viewed from East Cliff. For elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, West Bay is within the West Dorset parliamentary constituency.. In local government, Dorset Council is responsible for services such as highways, public transport, strategic planning, environmental services and environmental health, tourism and leisure, economic development, local planning and ...
Subsequently, they established the West Bay Building Company to build villas and lodging houses for visitors. Two of Prior's cousins were on the board and it was as a consequence of this that Prior became involved, initially designing proposals for cottages, lodging houses a hotel and the “Lost Sailor” tap room, all in a Shavian idiom ...
The present mansion was built by George Pitt (1663-1735) of Stratfield Saye House, cousin of William Pitt the Elder, between 1717 and 1720 on the estate brought to him by his second wife Lora daughter of Audley Grey. The mansion was in red brick, but after derogatory comments from King George III, Pitt clad the house in Portland limestone. The ...
The Royal Hotel with the U.S. Forces World War II Memorial in the foreground. Royal Hotel is a 19th-century hotel at Weymouth, Dorset, England. It is located on the town's seafront, overlooking Weymouth Beach and Weymouth Bay. The building has been a Grade II listed building since 1974. [1]
Their new home, built at Kingston Lacy has survived until the present day, under the guide of the National Trust. The family vault is located in the Church of Wimborne Minster, not far from their Kingston Lacy estate. In the late 19th century the Bankeses built a summer beach house at Studland in Dorset. The manor house as it used to be named ...
Chedington is a small village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated near the A356 road 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Crewkerne in Somerset. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 130. [1] It is administered as part of Parrett and Axe Parish Council.
The George Inn is a historic building in the town of Bridport, Dorset, England. History The inn contains 16th or 17th century features but dates mostly from the early ...
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