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Alan Quartermain Lived Here

I love 19th century medievalism when it's done for fun, but not so much when it's makers take it seriously. Decimus Burton, yes; Augustus Pugin, no.

The North Lodge stands on the hilltop looking down on St Leonards' central park. From 1918-23 it was the home of Sir Henry Rider Haggard.

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