Listed Building record MDO15648 - Broom Close, (now Tuckton Library), 28 Wick Lane, Tuckton, Bournemouth

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Summary

Tuckton public library is converted from an Edwardian villa, Broom Close, built 1908. Pebbledash of large pebbles on random Purbeck stone plinth and hipped tiled roofs of splayed outline.

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Converted from an Edwardian villa, Broom Close,1908. Pebbledash (large pebbles) on random Purbeck stone plinth. Hipped tiled roofs of splayed outline; tall chimneys of Lutyens type, with pairs of diagonally set stacks of thin red bricks on high bases. Porch in projecting 2-storey centre of asymmetrical facade: segmental hood to deeply splayed stone-faced opening, 4-centred inner arch. Casement windows with white timber mullions. Asymmetrical canted bay windows to ground floor of flank. Garden side almost symmetrical, with two 2-storey canted bays. Interior modernised.


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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  • --- Scheduling record: Department of the Environment. 15-Feb-1994. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Bournemouth amendment 1994. Vol 768.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SZ 15147 92038 (27m by 25m)
Map sheet SZ19SE
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Aug 30 2024 10:30AM

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