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22: 279: 160:, through Lawrence, directed Peterson to build a large concrete tower in Sway: foundation work began in 1879, and in 1886 the tower was completed, at a height of 218 feet (66 meters) and a cost of £30,000. It remains the world's tallest non-reinforced concrete structure. 55:, building and extending his house, Arnewood Towers, "from a small villa into a commodious country residence of somewhere near forty rooms, with the necessary outbuildings, built entirely of concrete". 194: 360: 316: 43:. Returning to England, he trained as a lawyer and married Charlotte Myers St Clair, daughter of a colonel in the 355: 365: 350: 66:
called William Lawrence. After Lawrence had completed a three-month sentence for fraudulent imposture at
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Essays from the Unseen, delivered through the mouth of W. L., a sensitive, and recorded by A T. T. P.
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prison, he became Peterson's personal medium, channelling spirit messages from 'controls' including
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Trout, Edwin (October 2002). "Sway Tower: an early example of high-rise concrete construction".
67: 340: 335: 302: 157: 32:(1813–1906) was an Anglo-Indian barrister, spiritualist, socialist and amateur architect. 8: 127: 123: 146:. In late 1877 Lawrence also served as the channel for 'Spiritual drawings' from 119: 52: 44: 286: 139: 131: 329: 278: 147: 111: 95: 151: 143: 79: 135: 231:
Country House History Around Lymington, Brockenhurst and Milford-on-Sea
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After three years at school, Peterson ran away to sea, working at a
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England's Lost Eden: Adventures in a Victorian Utopia
198:, 15 June 1883, pp. 369-71. Quoted in Philip Hoare, 327: 220:, chapter 11 'Mr Peterson's Tower', pp. 346-371 310: 51:. Retiring in the 1870s, he bought land near 317: 303: 20: 285:This British biographical article is a 212: 210: 208: 328: 257: 242: 233:, ch. 8 'Arnewood Court', pp. 157-166 273: 247:. Lymington: Lymington Museum Trust. 205: 13: 14: 377: 277: 251: 236: 223: 183: 1: 176: 62:, Peterson met an uneducated 30:Andrew Thomas Turton Peterson 25:Sway tower, completed in 1886 361:19th-century English lawyers 289:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 10: 382: 272: 163: 58:Becoming a convert to 26: 356:English spiritualists 24: 366:British people stubs 245:All about Sway Tower 158:Sir Christopher Wren 218:England's Lost Eden 195:Medium and Daybreak 128:William Shakespeare 351:English barristers 243:James, J. (1997). 124:Sir Walter Raleigh 27: 346:Concrete pioneers 298: 297: 16:British barrister 373: 319: 312: 305: 281: 274: 264: 263: 255: 249: 248: 240: 234: 227: 221: 214: 203: 187: 381: 380: 376: 375: 374: 372: 371: 370: 326: 325: 324: 323: 270: 268: 267: 256: 252: 241: 237: 229:Blake Pinnell, 228: 224: 215: 206: 188: 184: 179: 166: 120:Oliver Cromwell 68:Coldbath Fields 53:Sway, Hampshire 45:Royal Artillery 17: 12: 11: 5: 379: 369: 368: 363: 358: 353: 348: 343: 338: 322: 321: 314: 307: 299: 296: 295: 282: 266: 265: 250: 235: 222: 204: 181: 180: 178: 175: 174: 173: 165: 162: 140:Jonathan Swift 132:Alexander Pope 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 378: 367: 364: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 342: 339: 337: 334: 333: 331: 320: 315: 313: 308: 306: 301: 300: 294: 292: 288: 283: 280: 276: 275: 271: 261: 254: 246: 239: 232: 226: 219: 213: 211: 209: 201: 197: 196: 191: 186: 182: 171: 168: 167: 161: 159: 155: 153: 149: 148:William Blake 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 112:Martin Luther 109: 105: 101: 97: 96:Julius Caesar 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 56: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 33: 31: 23: 19: 291:expanding it 284: 269: 259: 253: 244: 238: 230: 225: 217: 199: 193: 185: 169: 156: 152:Henry Fuseli 144:Thomas Paine 80:Aristophanes 60:spiritualism 57: 34: 29: 28: 18: 341:1906 deaths 336:1813 births 190:James Burns 136:John Dryden 330:Categories 177:References 72:Pythagoras 37:salt works 116:John Knox 88:Aristotle 64:sensitive 260:Concrete 202:, p. 159 104:Muhammad 49:Calcutta 262:: 64–5. 216:Hoare, 172:, 1885 100:Buddha 92:Brutus 164:Works 108:Jesus 84:Plato 76:Aesop 41:India 287:stub 150:and 142:and 39:in 332:: 207:^ 192:, 154:. 138:, 134:, 130:, 126:, 122:, 118:, 114:, 110:, 106:, 102:, 98:, 94:, 90:, 86:, 82:, 78:, 74:, 318:e 311:t 304:v 293:.

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salt works
India
Royal Artillery
Calcutta
Sway, Hampshire
spiritualism
sensitive
Coldbath Fields
Pythagoras
Aesop
Aristophanes
Plato
Aristotle
Brutus
Julius Caesar
Buddha
Muhammad
Jesus
Martin Luther
John Knox
Oliver Cromwell
Sir Walter Raleigh
William Shakespeare
Alexander Pope
John Dryden
Jonathan Swift
Thomas Paine
William Blake
Henry Fuseli

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