The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum in Bournemouth is unique because it was built both as a home and an art gallery, by its founders Sir Merton and Lady Annie Russell-Cotes. Construction on this beautiful villa which overlooks Bournemouth beach, was begun in 1898 and completed in 1900 and is said to be the last Victorian building built in Bournemouth. Then known as East Cliff Hall, it was designed by the architect John Frederick Fogerty. Sir Merton Russell-Cotes specified that the building should be a combination of Renaissance with Italian and old Scottish baronial styles.
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