A Spacious 1830s Family Home With Sea Views in Somerset
Set in expansive gardens, overlooking the Severn Estuary and the Welsh coastline, stands an early 19th-century villa that played a big part in the transformation of Portishead into a Victorian seaside resort.
The house, built in Grecian style, was a lodging house, and a small landing slipway was completed in 1832 to encourage more visitors to come to Portishead by sailing or steamboats.
Today, the 3,000-square-foot villa is a spacious family home surrounded by gardens, with a self-contained apartment in the basement.
The front door on the lower ground floor welcomes you into this beautiful home. Ascending to the first floor, you gain access to an open-plan living space and kitchen.
The space perfectly blends modern comfort with period elements such as the fireplace, flanked by built-in bookcases, and arched windows.
The room is drenched in a powder pink hue paired with decorative floor tiles underfoot.
On the other side of the room lies the kitchen where a large island with black cabinetry takes center stage.
The central island is paired with light colored cabinetry under the window facing the garden and floor-to-ceiling cabinets along one wall.
From the open-plan living space, you can access a boot room that leads you out into the garden.
On the other side of the ground floor, you can find a second grand sitting room with French windows opening onto a balcony.
Large windows offer beautiful views of the coastline.
On one side, the room features a log burner with a marble surround.
A central staircase with a beautiful stained-glass window leads you to the upper floor.
The first floor features four double bedrooms, each with gorgeous views of the coastline or the woodland.
This bedroom is decorated with the Rävdunge wallpaper from Boråstapeter.
One of the children’s room is decorated in a sunny palette thanks to the yellow ceiling.
The basement floor features two more bedrooms, a kitchen, and two bathrooms.
Surrounding this characteristic house are expansive, multi-tiered mature gardens.
The garden inclused a greenhouse and raised beds.
A lawn with deck chairs offers magnificent views of the sea.
The house is listed for £1.500.000 at Inigo.