Category: Architecture

If you happen to have some money to spare and like the idea of spending time in a period house by the sea, you'll probably love this five-bedroom art deco house at South Cliff, Cooden Beach, East Sussex.

A superb 1930s design that's been granted Grade II listing, it offers all the style and all the space – five bedrooms and an extensive garden. Not only that, the path outside leads right to the nearby beach, while a short drive will take you to the De-La-Warr Pavilion in nearby Bexhill. It's art deco heaven.

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A five-bedroomed house from the swinging 60s and near the Kings Road has gone onto the market – although you'll probably need a Lotto win to afford this property on Draycott Place, Chelsea, London.

When I hear the term 'in need of complete modernisation', my ears always prick up and that's the case with this. Originally designed by John Wright in the 1960s, it's been in the same family since 1972, offering up a four-floor property and a cellar, all with a look that can only be described as 'of its era'.

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Not the biggest house on the market, but if you want to spend time in one of the most important mid-century houses in the UK, you can by renting The Turn.

The Turn is a two-bedroom property that forms part of a group of a trio of houses designed and built by the renowned architect Peter Aldington in 1964 – 67, their importance obvious with the grade II listing (like the majority of the Aldington residential designs).

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