For Sale5 Bedroom Detached House in Waldron Road, Broadstairs, Kent Ct10 1tb£1,200,000

I have lived in this special house for decades and it has been a wonderful home in a fantastic area as it is only a short stroll to the sandy beach at Dumpton Gap and the clifftops for a bracing walk. Sadly health issues mean I have had to move and I hope new owners will make the most out of living in this family home in a delightful location. Broadstairs is a characterful town with a plethora of Victorian buildings, individual shops, bars, restaurants and a cinema. It also hosts as annual events such as Folk Week, the Dickens Festival and the Food Fair, in addition to the regular firework displays and music at the bandstand. As well as Dumpton Gap there is the well-known Viking Bay with its picturesque harbour and famous sandy beach while other beaches include Stone Bay and Joss Bay for surfing. Broadstairs has a variety of excellent primary, junior and secondary schools including a very good grammar school and private schools while fast trains from the station can whisk you to London in under an hour and a half. There are plenty of sports clubs including squash, tennis, cricket and rugby as well as the renowned North Foreland golf club for golfing aficionados. For some serious retail therapy, Westwood Cross ticks all the boxes, with its wide range of high-street stores, while the Vue cinema complex and casino caters for a variety of entertainment needs. There are excellent transport links, with nearby bus stops to Margate and Ramsgate and the dual carriageway network to Dover, Canterbury and the Thanet Way for the M2 to London, so makes Broadstairs very accessible for road commuters. Historical Note Edgar Ranger was a renowned Arts and Crafts architect during the first half of the 20th century. He moved to Broadstairs after WWI and designed about 40 houses in Thanet including Long Barn as his own home and a number of houses in Waldron Road. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and was the co-architect of Thanet Place, a large Italianate country house on the edge of Broadstairs built for the meat tycoon Lord Vestey. This was subsequently dismantled and relocated to London when it was acquired by Lord Shaftesbury and renamed Shaftesbury House. During WWII Ranger worked as an architect for the government and moved to Maidenhead.