Occasionally you find a property with so much more to its design and its name than a simple backstory. The owners of The Reading Rooms in Margate take their guests back to the opulence of an elegant 18th century seaside retreat with a passion for elegance, authentic restoration, and experiential recreation
THE READING ROOMS MARGATE
THE Reading Rooms is a luxury boutique bed and breakfast in a restored, Grade II-listed 250-year-old townhouse in Margate, arguably the first of England’s Georgian seaside resorts. Situated in a residential square based on the vernacular of a London Georgian square, the luxury B&B was the winner of Dorset Cereals best overall bed and breakfast in their 2017 awards bit.ly/dcavlink.
"IN THE 1960S ROCK BAND HAWKWIND’S CO-FOUNDER BOB CALVERT INHERITED THE SIZEABLE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS THEN IN A COMPARATIVE STATE OF NEGLECT, AND IT BECAME A BOHEMIAN SQUAT BEFORE ITS USE AS 10 BEDSITS IN THE 1970S. IN 2007 THE CURRENT OWNERS BOUGHT THE BUILDING, SEEING GREAT POTENTIAL IN ITS RESTORATION."
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THE READING ROOMS MARGATE RECREATING Georgian Opulence
