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Undershaw: A Case of "Wanton Vandalism" PDF Print E-mail
Sadly, Waverley Borough Council has approved a planning application that seeks to convert 'Undershaw' into a modern appartment complex.  This property was originally built for Arthur Conan Doyle and he lived there between October 1897 and August 1907.  During that period, Conan Doyle entertained many notable house guests including Sidney Paget, E.W. Hornung, J.M. Barrie, Thomas Wemyss Reid, William Gillette, Gordon Guggisberg, Churton Collins and Bram Stoker.  He also wrote some of his most important works whilst living there including The Great Boer War, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Adventures of Gerard, The Return of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Nigel.  For more information on the "foolish" decision to permit the redevelopment of Undershaw, please click here.  

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By Paul Spiring 2010.

 
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