from an account of the life of Henry Boase (1763-1827) (banker) : His health was so seriously affected by the London winters, that at the close of 1809, he resolved to retire from business and spend the rest of his life in his native air at Penzance. After a preliminary visit with his wife to make the necessary arrangements, he finally took up his residence there. He resided first in Chapel street, at the south angle of Chancery lane, and then in the most westerly house on the South Parade; but having purchased about two acres and a half of ground on the west, or Alverton, side of the town for £1000, he built a house there which cost him £3,500 more. Approx 1810. It was first called Park Herbier house, after the name of the estate which it formed a part, then Prospect place, since altered to Alverne Hill, and has a pleasant garden.
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