| The History | Linen & Towels | Parking |
| Accommodation | Children | Payphone |
| Outside | Dogs | Smoking |
The Accommodation
The house is deceptively spacious and offers plenty of
living space along with good sized bedrooms and two wash
rooms (one bathroom with shower over and one shower room).
Outside there is an enclosed patio to one side of the house
and a paved garden to the other, both perfect for alfresco
dining.
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Downstairs
The large well equipped eat in kitchen is finished in light
oak units and has plenty of work surfaces making meals a
pleasure to prepare. It has everything you would expect,
including, Electric oven, grill and four ring halogen hob,
fridge and freezer, washer dryer, microwave, toaster,
kettle, dishwasher, food-processor plus all the pans,
plates, cups, glasses, serving bowls etc etc that a family
of 6-7 are ever likely to need, plus a table comfortably seat
7.
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From the Kitchen you move through to the pretty dining
room with exposed stone work and a dining table for 6-7,
from there an archway takes you through to the Sitting Room
with plenty of comfy seating plus a log burning fire, the
sitting room is also well equipped with Sky satellite TV,
Video reorder/player, DVD player, CD player, books and
games. French doors lead onto the enclosed private patio
with stunning cliff views. In addition there is a small
study which can be used to accommodate a 7th person on a
Z-bed or is often used by families with babies who would
prefer the cot to be in a separate room from them. There is
also a Cloakroom with a large cubicle power shower.
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Upstairs
There are two twin rooms and a double room, the double room,
decorated in a soothing blue is very spacious and has
wonderful sea and cliff views from the bed. Next door, the
slightly larger of the a twin rooms, decorated in a sunshine
yellow also has sea and cliff views. The third room,
decorated in a calming green is another twin and overlooks
the garden with views to Golden Cap, the highest point on
the South Coast. There is also a modern bathroom with a
shower over the bath and a seaside mural over the bath which
is a big hit with our younger guests.
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Outside
There are two outside areas, the enclosed patio and the
terrace. The enclosed patio has a wooden garden furniture
set that seats six along with a further wooden bench and the
terrace has a stone garden furniture set that also seats six
plus a further wooden bench, a BBQ is also provided.
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Linen and towels
All linen, towels and tea towels, with the exception of
beach towels, are provided.
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Children
We welcome children and have a highchair and a cot available
free of charge should you require them.
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Dogs
We welcome well behaved dogs and charge a small fee of £10
for each dog up to a maximum of two. If you are bringing
your dogs to the house we will erect a safety gate between
the kitchen and the dining room and ask that when dogs are
wet they remain in the kitchen and that they are also
confined to the kitchen over night. During waking hours dry
dogs are welcome in the whole of the downstairs of the house
but we ask that you do not let them upstairs or on the
furniture. We also ask that dogs not be left in the house on
their own unsupervised.
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Parking
There is private parking available for two cars at the
house.
Pay-phone
There is a pay-phone available at the house.
Smoking
Smoking is not permitted in any part of the house.
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The History
The Guardhouse is so called as it was originally used to
accommodated anti smuggling Guards in the early 19th
Century. Since the mid 16th Century smuggling had been rife
and anti smuggling measures, such as they were, had been
riddled with corruption. This stretch of coast, although not
as close to the sources of smuggled goods as Kent and Essex,
had other compensations, the Channel Islands made a very
favourable staging post and there were many fine beaches and
inlets for landing goods such as Seatown.
From the early 19th century the anti smuggling measures
became more professional and this stretch of coast was more
closely guarded with the Guardhouse and Guardhouse Cottage
next door as well as the Watch Houses opposite offering a
permanent deterrent
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