Beautiful English Lutyens Beach House

Historic English beach house on the clifftops at Botany Bay, "The UK's most photographed beach" known for its golden sands and Blue Flag. Built for the founder of Slaughter & May law firm who established the adjacent North Foreland Golf Course in 1903. The course is links-like with stunning sea views. Fitzroy Lodge is on the Viking coastal path half way between trendy Margate (Dreamland, Turner Contemporary) & nostalgic Viking Bay, Broadstairs (Morelli's, Dickens museum). Visitors of all ages adore it!

There are multiple large social spaces and separate quiet nooks for reading a book. Whilst the house is within close proximity to the hugely popular beaches & busy local towns and attractions, we designed it to ensure you can still chose to retreat to the sanctuary of our peaceful home and garden. The house is well hidden behind large gates and is fully private. We bought Fitzroy Lodge as an abandoned wreck that a developer was trying to cut up into flats and houses. Thankfully he ran out of money and we managed to save it, working to restore it and then create a place of retreat and fun where little ones feel as welcome and comfortable as the elderly or party people.

There is also a secure and professionally built pet pen for welcome cats and dogs to safely run around outside in.


Sand in the hallway after a day on the beach is really okay with us!


The property has been extensively restored and sympathetically updated to retain the historic integrity whilst incorporating accommodation that has been finished to a high specification with air conditioning and pressurised water systems. It offers a wealth of period features with well proportioned rooms, some having double or triple aspect outlooks, oak panelling to most rooms, oak doors, leaded light windows, stained glass windows, stone fireplaces, bespoke (double glazed) Heritage windows frames and cast-iron radiators. A distinct historical feature is the backplate to the stone fireplace of the snug, commemorating Elizabeth I's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.