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Sources say the house was built by a gentleman to commemorate the sinking of a ship called Oceania, which he had personally witnessed.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bexhillonsea-beginning-people-district-1983/page/18/ Bexhill-on-Sea: It's Beginning, the People & District by H. G. Carey (1983)]</ref> The architect was Arnold Bidlake Mitchell (1863-1944) and the builder was William McCormick with work being completed in 1903. | Sources say the house was built by a gentleman to commemorate the sinking of a ship called Oceania, which he had personally witnessed.<ref>This is sometimes wrongly linked to the P. & O. liner Oceana, which sank off the coast after a collision in 1912 - after the house was already built.</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/bexhillonsea-beginning-people-district-1983/page/18/ Bexhill-on-Sea: It's Beginning, the People & District by H. G. Carey (1983)]</ref> The architect was Arnold Bidlake Mitchell (1863-1944) and the builder was William McCormick with work being completed in 1903. | ||
It has polygonal bay windows, a large triangular pedimented gable and extensive use of terracotta. | It has polygonal bay windows, a large triangular pedimented gable and extensive use of terracotta. | ||