A SEA-SHELL HOUSE
At East Cowes, Isle of Wight, there is a building 1 known as Shell House, which appears to be built entirely of sea-shells. It is an ordinary villa, but the stucco in front is thickly studded "with many thousands of shells. They were all placed there by the late Mr Attrill, a gardener who worked at Osborne House in Queen Victoria's days. Mr Attrill collected the shells in Osborne Bay, and the decoration of his dwelling occupied ten years. Interspersed with the shells are coloured fragments of glass and quaint ornaments worked in various devices on the walls.
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Shannon News, 2 March 1928, Page 2
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101A SEA-SHELL HOUSE Shannon News, 2 March 1928, Page 2
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