{"id":96689,"date":"2018-08-26T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/wish-you-were-here-coastal-kent\/"},"modified":"2018-08-26T12:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T05:03:10","slug":"wish-you-were-here-coastal-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/wish-you-were-here-coastal-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Wish you were here: coastal Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA sauna, sunroom and snug all add to the warm welcome for family and guests at a coastal hideawayFor me, a sauna was always a must,\u201d says Alex Bagner. We\u2019re peering into what was once the outdoor privy of a Victorian fisherman\u2019s pub. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of a DIY job, but it works.\u201d Bagner was born in Stockholm and has transposed the Swedish bathing ritual \u2013 an ice-cold dip followed by a stint in the sauna \u2013 to Kingsdown on the coast of Kent. \u201cWe do it all year round. People think we\u2019re mad, but it\u2019s starting to catch on.\u201dAlex and her husband, Chris, bought the Victory as a holiday home eight years ago. Chris\u2019s great-grandfather owned the local Walmer brewery, and his mother grew up here, so they had a connection to the area and the Victory, once owned by the brewery. The pub served its last pint in the 1950s, but for many years it sat next door to the Zetland Arms, which is still open. \u201cIn that pure Kent way, I guess they thought, the more the merrier,\u201d says Bagner. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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