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Motcombe pool is an Edwardian indoor swimming pool. The pool is set beneath an arched, glass ceiling, giving the impression of a conservatory. It stands opposite pretty Motcombe Gardens where the Bourne stream, source of the town's name, still bubbles.

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*18m by 7m indoor swimming pool (heated to 31ºC or 88ºF) [more]

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Alfriston Clergy House in Alfriston, Polegate, East Sussex, England, was the first property to be acquired by the National Trust. It was purchased in 1896 for £10.

The house is a 14th-century Wealden hall house. Although the name reflects the fact that the parish priest and his housekeeper used it, the house was originally built as a farmer's house. It is a very modest property — not at all like the grand rectories that many Church of England clergy occupied by the 19th... [more]