“A waterside home with a lofty secret” |
| A waterside home with a lofty secret Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:50 AM PST The well-positioned 6 Coastguard Cottages, Albany Road, East Cowes. HOMEFILE Location...East Cowes Bedrooms...Two doubles Price...Guide £325,000 Agent...Creasy Biles and King Waterside Properties Tel...01983 527744 YOU don't have to look hard to discover the charm and stunning sea and harbour views at a waterfront home in East Cowes but another of its assets is well concealed. At 6 Coastguard Cottages, backing onto Albany Road, the wonderful panoramic outlook over a wide stretch of water, where liners turn and yachts race, predominates. Also much in evidence are original features, including fireplaces, sash windows and wooden flooring that enhance the two-bedroom accommodation. However the home harbours a suprise — a 'secret' loft room full of character, where the talents of a local carpenter have been put to good use. A raised double bed with storage beneath and sea views through a tiny, semi-circular window has been skilfully built into this ususual room. Reached via a pull-down ladder from the upstairs landing, it is an enchanting hideaway with exposed beams to angled ceilings, exposed brickwork and wooden flooring. Number 6 is one of a row of former coastguard cottages, built in 1881. Once, their front gardens stretched to the esplanade road but during the last war, part of the gardens were cleared and an anti-aircraft gun placed on the green. Now the garden has a gate to the green, providing quick access to the seafront and walks along to Old Castle Point and woodland inhabited by red squirrels. At the rear is a small garden and a door to an entrance lobby with attractive mellow stone flooring continuing through an opening into the kitchen. A latched pine door opens from the lobby to the bathroom with fresh white decor and a white suite. Hand-built wooden units and worktops are fitted in the kitchen, which has a built-in gas hob and oven and space and plumbing for a washing machine and fridge. Through a pine-panelled opening from here is the dining room, a bright, rear-aspect room with white walls, stripped pine flooring and built-in wooden shelves. An archway links this room to the living room, a light and inviting area with a low built-in cupboard, stripped wooden flooring and superb sea views through three long original front sash windows, one opening to provide garden access. Focal point is a working fireplace, walls are painted white and stairs with painted white treads and a cupboard beneath lead to the first floor. White-painted wooden flooring features in both of the double-sized upstairs bedrooms and each has an attractive original cast iron fireplace. Latched pine doors lead to the bedrooms and a small rear window lights the stairwell. In the master bedroom are two front sash windows framing spectacular views across to Cowes and its marinas and out across The Solent to the mainland. Bedroom two has a built-in cupboard and rear sash window. As well as lawn, shrub borders and a curving path, the front garden includes a small corner raised deck area, ideal for enjoying a drink while admiring the sea view. • County Press property search online at www.iwcp.co.uk/Property.aspx This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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