'World's largest' deckchair erected in Bournemouth Temperatures are due to soar in Britain over the weekend as the clocks go forward and summer finally arrives. However, sunbathers in Bournemouth may well be left in the shade by the eight-metre-high deckchair which has popped up on the beach. The vast structure, erected near the pier, was build by 57-year-old artist Stuart Murdoch. He was commissioned by Pimms to build the six tonne chair, believed to be the world's largest, near the pier. Mr Murdoch said: "It has been fantastic to see people on the beach pointing at the chair and having their photo taken with it. Deckchairs are so quintessentially British - everyone who has seen it has smiled and it's great to watch people drawn to it like a magnet.