About this location
This Grade II listed, 5-storey Georgian townhouse, circa 1790, is a colourful period townhouse filming location in the heart of Margate’s art quarter in Kent. Originally built to mimic London townhouses as holiday homes for the city’s ‘discerning aristocracy’, it has been carefully restored with many original features, and its lime-plastered walls in unique, period-appropriate pigments give an eclectic bohemian look with multiple backdrops, suiting period drama, feature films, fashion and editorial photoshoots, commercials and interiors shoots.
Key features
- Grade II listed 5-storey Georgian townhouse, circa 1790
- Carefully restored, with many original features
- Grand entrance hall, large rooms and high ceilings
- Cornicing, panelling, wooden shutters and ceiling roses
- Original staircase and spindles
- Large wooden sash and bay windows and period wooden floors
- Ornate wooden doors, original radiators and antique light fittings
- Multiple period fireplaces
- Lime-plastered walls in period-appropriate pigments, offering multiple backdrops
- Large opulent living room spanning the width of the house
- Large kitchen/diner with island, wood-burning stove and upright piano
- Two freestanding baths, one copper
- 3 cellars and a separate annex / granny flat with kitchenette
- Private high-walled back garden with two seating areas, fountain and lights
- Fully furnished with antique and modern furniture, ornate mirrors, vintage rugs, writing desks, sofas and chaise longues
- Wide, quiet street in Margate’s art quarter, 5 minutes’ walk from the Old Town
Room breakdown
- Kitchen-diner
- Front room (study / reading room)
- Large living room (full width of the house)
- Green bedroom with private toilet and sink – king bed
- Children’s bedroom – 2 single beds
- Pink bedroom – superking bed
- Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom (shower and bath), TV and adjoining private living room with TV – superking bed
- Annex (flat with private kitchenette with oven, hob and microwave, private shower, toilet and sink) – double bed
- Bathroom with copper bath and standard-sized shower
- Bathroom with large shower
- WC with shower
- 3 cellars
- Private high-walled back garden
Parking and accessibility
- Three entrances: (i) from the street via the door in the back garden wall; (ii) from the gate in the iron railings at the front, down through the small courtyard by the cellars into the kitchen; (iii) through the front door
- No driveway – on-street paid parking (host has permits)
- The Poundstretcher car park is less than a 5-minute walk away (2 hours free, 3 hours £3, 4 hours £4, 10 hours £10, 24 hours £15)
- Mill Lane multi-storey car park is 5 minutes away and free on Saturdays
- 10 minutes’ walk from Margate train station
- Lots of stairs – furniture is moveable but not necessarily easy to move
Amenities
- Wi-Fi: Sky, 73mbps
- Kitchen appliances: Britannia oven, LG fridge freezer, Russell Hobbs toaster, Daewoo microwave, Miele dishwasher
- Mostly white kitchen units, with maroon kitchen island units
- Gas hob
- Kitchen island, open plan
- Second kitchen / utility room
- 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 WCs, a loo and sink in one bedroom, and a shower and sink in another bedroom
- 2 en-suites
- Sleeps 10 comfortably (or more, with additional bedding)
- Two 50+ inch flatscreen TVs with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV, 4od, BBC iPlayer and Now TV
- North-facing garden of Scottish pebbles, stone and marble, with two outdoor seating areas, a fountain and mounted lights
- Cellars, all partially empty
- Multiple plug sockets
- Functioning gas, electricity, water and heating
- Some sound of buses and cars (single glazing, quieter at the back), plus seagulls; street mostly quiet during the day and very quiet from 7pm
- Morrisons 2 minutes from the house; cafes, coffee shops and restaurants (including on Deliveroo) within 5–10 minutes’ walk
Rules and restrictions
No smoking or animals inside the house.Please don't move the art without permission.
Shut all doors and windows at night, when leaving the property or during rain.