{"id":62872,"date":"2017-08-05T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/living-the-simple-life-in-dungeness\/"},"modified":"2017-08-05T17:12:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T10:12:11","slug":"living-the-simple-life-in-dungeness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/living-the-simple-life-in-dungeness\/","title":{"rendered":"Living the simple life in Dungeness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nAn otherworldly, shingle landscape is the backdrop to this simple home for one couplePauline and David Craggs\u2019 elegant beach house replaces a 50s fisherman\u2019s cottage that was in poor condition \u2013 and frighteningly cold in winter. The sensitive redesign, by architects Rodic Davidson, takes inspiration from the original cottages that dot Dungeness: made of wood, they were coated in black pitch to protect against the elements. North Vat (the house takes its name from the vats that fishermen used to make up waterproof coatings for their boats and clothing) is based on this original layout, consisting of a master building plus two individual bedroom \u201cpavilions\u201d \u2013 echoes of the main house \u2013 all linked by a glass roofed entrance and hallway. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2017\/aug\/05\/living-simple-life-dungeness\" target=\"_blank\">Living the simple life in Dungeness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; An otherworldly, shingle landscape is the backdrop to this simple home for one couplePauline and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-gm4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":125900,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/on-the-right-track-a-rail-carriage-becomes-a-delightful-coastal-cottage\/","url_meta":{"origin":62872,"position":0},"title":"On the right track: a rail carriage becomes a delightful coastal cottage","date":"April 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A converted 1920s guard\u2019s cabin on the shingle at Dungeness is the perfect stop for this design duoDesigners Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire have a longstanding love of the English coast. 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