The growth of Bournemouth as a seaside town.

A guide to help estimate the age of buildings as part of fieldwork on

coastalisation.

The first building in Bournemouth and the newest.The Royal Exeter Hotel is the house built by Captain Lewis Tregonwell in

1810.The building site in the background is a new hotel complex by the Hilton

Hotels chain.

In the 1800’s Bournemouth was the home to many rich and influential families.

Prince Edward, later King Edward 7th, built a home in Bournemouth in 1877. He would retreat to this home to escape the pressures of court life in London and to

spend time with his many mistresses.

The valley of the Bourne Stream was landscaped and became a very popular tourist attraction.

The railway arrived in 1885 and large areas of the heath were developed alongside the railway line. These

terraced houses are typical of this period of Victorian architecture.

The growth of the town during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods was rapid and much of the existing

town centre was built at this time.

1920’s Art Deco Style buildings in the centre of town.

The interwar period saw continued rapid growth of the town as a wider range of service industries moved into

new office developments in the area.

Typical interwar style housing, often built in the grounds of earlier villas and larger houses.

1950’s style flats

1960’s style flats

1960’s shopping and office development on the former site of Victorian housing.

The Bournemouth International Centre was opened in 1984. It is a major conference and exhibition venue plus one of the largest concert halls in the south of the UK.

Modern offices have been built to house a wide range of footloose financial services and the Bournemouth

University.

Bournemouth is a major player in finance and the digital economy.

Modern residential development.

Modern housing and retail development on a brownfield site close to the town centre.

The first pier was built in 1856 with the current structure dating back to the 1950’s and the current

pierhead buildings rebuilt in 1979.

A £multi-million investment on Bournemouth seafront.