Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Osborne

Osborne, royal residence, Whippingham par., Isle of Wight, on Osborne Bay, 1 mile SE. of East Cowes; the edifice is in the Italian style, and has a campanile 90 ft., and a flag-tower 112 ft. high; the royal apartments are adorned by a large collection of statuary and paintings, and look out upon terraced gardens and lawns which stretch to the sea.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "royal residence"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Whippingham AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Osborne

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