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Large house in Elwick Road overlooking the Burn Valley Gardens possibly built around 1900. From 1900 to 1934 trade directories give it as the home of William Ropner who was son of noteable shipowner Sir Robert Ropner. It later became the home of GPK Gallimore and part of Rosebank School when he was principal.
It is now divided into apartments.
Ambleside Sitting room (2)
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Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceTaken from a different angle showing the sitting room.
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Ambleside corridor
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Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceInterior corridor of Ambleside presumably the private area. A telephone is on the wall on the left and the house is furnished in fairly opulent style.
In a 1952 album of school photos.
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Ambleside dining room
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Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceTaken for the 1952 school booklet of photos, this image shows the well appointed dining room.
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Ambleside from the Burn Valley
Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceOnce a private home, Ambleside became the senior department of Rosebank School and home of the principal Mr Gallimore. Part of the garden wall between the two properties was demolished and a roofed pathway between the two schools called 'the tunnel ' was built.
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Ambleside sitting room(1)
Created by Holdsworth
Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceA very comfortable sitting room at Ambleside in 1952. There is a decorative grand piano on the right.
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