Listed Building record MDO15406 - Earl's Court, 9 Gervis Road, Bournemouth

Polychromatic Gothic villa, built 1874 by the first Earl Cairns who was Lord Chancellor in Disraeli's governments of 1867-8 and 1874-80. He occupied the house until his death in 1885. The building has walls of grey brick with red brick bands and voussoirs. The windows have stone geometrical tracery.

Polychromatic Gothic villa, circa 1865, 3 storeys and basement, grey brick with red brick bands and voussoirs. Half-hipped gables with thick traceried bargeboards and moulded brick cornices. Half-hipped porch canopy at north-west corner on chamfered timber brackets, staircase up to vestibule lit by 2-light windows with stone Geometrical tracery. Straight-headed 4-light window to hall, next to it tall arched 4-light staircase window with Geometrical tracery. Projecting north-east wing closing forecourt. Garden front (south) dominated by off-centre polygonal bay with steeply gabled dormers in hipped roof. Chimneys with end stacks turned diagonally and vertical strips of red brick. Built in 1874 by the first Earl Cairns who was Lord Chancellor in Disraeli's Governments of 1867-8 and 1874-80. He occupied the house until his death in 1885. Included for historical reasons.

Department of the Environment, 15-Feb-1994, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Bournemouth amendment 1994 (Scheduling record). SWX4461.

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