When you’re a fan of Wes Anderson movies and the seaside, you’ll be able to dwell out your beachy, symmetrical desires with this quirky property.
Surrounded by sand, sea and stones, a delightfully vibrant indifferent bungalow is on the market in Dungeness in Kent, AKA, the house of Britain’s solely desert (as decided by the Met Workplace because of its dry local weather and expanse of shingle and poor soil).
Discovered on a headland on the coast, the world spans Dungeness Nuclear Energy Station and Dungeness hamlet, with the identify that means ‘the headland at Denge’ in reference to the close by Denge Marsh.
Beforehand used as an Airbnb vacation house, the property comes with an artist’s studio and a ‘giant shingle backyard,’ in addition to three bedrooms, two bogs and quirky interiors.
It comes with a comparatively hefty price ticket, although – a whopping £875,000 (£437,500 every should you’re buddying up with one other individual and taking one bed room every).
The property has views of the English Channel, in addition to the previous steam railway route that served Romney Marsh. And it has an attention-grabbing historical past, too, beforehand owned by artist Helen Gillilan, who opened her personal studio, Ocean View Studio Gallery, in 2017.
Nonetheless, the cottage is costlier than the common three-bedroom property in North London. In response to information from Foxtons, on this space the common price is available in simply shy of £400,000 – half the value of the Dungeness fisherman’s cottage.
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Elsewhere, a fast scout on Zoopla brings up three-bedroom properties in London for £625,000, £775,000 and £420,000 – all beneath the listed worth for the Kent property.
In the meantime, although a comparatively small space, Dungeness is really distinctive. The Previous Lighthouse is an historic Grade II-listed constructing that operated between 1904 and 1960, whereas Dungeness Nature Reserve poses the potential for birdwatching.
Fish and chips aplenty are served up at The Pilot Inn, simply by the seashore. Close by, you too can discover the previous home of late movie director Derek Jarman, Prospect Cottage. With a black and yellow exterior, it’s not too removed from the fisherman’s cottage that’s on the market.
So, should you fancy retreating to the ocean, you’d higher get saving these pennies ASAP.
The UK’s solely ‘desert’ with ‘bleakly charming’ views and a 10-mile seashore
If you wish to star in your individual private model of Dune, you don’t have to go all the best way to Arrakis.
The idyllic and peaceable landscapes of Dungeness, the UK’s solely desert, ought to be all you want for an otherworldly getaway proper with out going overseas.
Based mostly in Kent, Dungeness is described by reviewers on Tripadvisor as a ‘history-filled pure paradise’ with sandy terrains stretching 16km lengthy.
With views like that, it ought to come as no shock that the place was recognized by Jeep as among the best ‘off the crushed monitor’ locations to go to.
From seals, to Arctic terns, to porpoises, Dungeness is stuffed with vigorous wildlife and surprising treasures to find.
The crumbling fishing boats, abandoned shores, and the towering energy station add a foreboding and gothic vibe to the panorama that might make Emily Bronte shudder.
It’s sea defenses additionally date again to the Roman period – though we are able to count on most of Dungeness to ‘return to the ocean’ inside 150 years.
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