As we wander up the cliffs from the dunes a pleasing vista of Georgian houses and fisherman's cottages greets us.No crappy town planning here; just a mess of different styles and periods jumbled together as it sould be.
Here we have a grand Georgian villa, quaint Victorian cottages and pretty town houses clustered around one of the greens leading down to the dunes and to Walberswick across the marshes.
This lovely Georgian flint cobble house has always been a particular favourite. Its front windows look out over the clifftop with a panoramic view of Sole Bay and its side windows gaze across the dunes and marshes.
This is my personal favourite, however, a Regency villa perched right on the clifftop with a grand ballroom overlooking the sea.
Another favourite of course is the pubs.
Southwold is home to Adnams' brewery, makers of the world's finest ales (they won CAMRA's top award so many years it's hardly worth bothering to enter any more).
This is the beer that has suckled Old Dive for many a decade.
And this is the sort of place I sup it.
Though this is my favourite pub in Southwold, the Sole Bay Inn.Nestled under the lighthouse with a bunch of crusty fishermen enjoying a lunchtime pint of Adnams.
Glorious.
All around Southwold's handsome lighthouse are delightful little alleys.
This is Primrose Alley, leading to the clifftop.
And here is what - after her comments earlier this week - will forever be known as "Lynn's House".
While we wandered round town looking at the houses we were constantly going "Ooooh! Lynn would LOVE that!"
And we were right. Hee hee.
She'd also probably enjoy this. The Amber Shop. Though she could always walk along the beach and pick the stuff up for herself.
If you can afford to live in Southwold you can afford to shop here.Hey ho.
More coastal gallimaufry tomorrow.
17 comments:
Gallimaufry - chortle. love it!
Dive i ADORE my new house, thank you very much! he he it's just beautiful. You certainly know my taste. I also love the white villa. Oooh all that whiteness! Drool.
AND... jewellery ... gosh! That pendant third from the left at the back on the stand looks divine. You are right i could stand and explore that window for a long time.
I think Southwold looks absolutely gorgeous. I've never been there, though i've briefly explored house prices once. Ouch. I can totally understand how you'd like to live there. I have made a mental note to visit it, for sure.
What an exciting post! I'll be back for more ogling later.
You can thank Peahen for dredging up "gallimaufry" from the rotting dictionaries of the past.
So … When you are living in the red house, I'll invite you over for soirées in my ballroom.
Wear crinolines! Hee hee.
Whenever you want to visit Southwold, let me know and we can have lunch in the Swan (or cockles on the beach).
Goodness me, Dive, that's the best suggestion i've had in ages! I will.
Oh yes i think the idea of swirling around your ballroom in crinolines is just fab in capitals. FAB. I reckon we'd be suitably decadent neighbours, talking words art and architecture all the while, with a little village gossip thrown in. I'm really in the dream now. I'm thinking Lark Rise to Candleford and Cranford, recent BBC dramas. Have you been watching?...sigh...fantastic.
Oooo, pretty earrings.
The villa really is spectacular, Dive. I can see why that would be a favorite of yours.
Wow what it must be like to live there! So are the newer buildings here also built in the classical styles or are these old ones all? Because we have a bunch of colonial-era buildings round here, just falling apart. Quite a pity- they'd look so great.
It is a lovely town. The houses are beautiful.
Hee hee. Decadent and scandalous neighbours! What a delicious thought, Lynn.
I've not been watching the costume dramas. I don't really watch anything any more … No time!
Robyn: I don't know what I'd do with a ballroom; I dance like your dad, only worse. But the villa is fabulous.
Utsav: there are no new buildings. There's a little satellite village on the marshes where new houses are built but Southwold itself is kept clean of developers.
I was watching a video yesterday of my boss's trip to Mumbai to look at sites for a new school and the colonial buildings there are fantastic! The railway station is even better than London's St.Pancras! And I think they look gorgeous when they're gently decaying but it would be nice to see them preserved.
Thanks, Alice. It is a lovely place for a day out, and only forty minutes' drive from my village.
Love the villa! Wouldn't mind living there. And hey, where's my piece of amber? I'm into gem stones. :-)
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We'll have to hunt for some on the beach, Joy. Those prices were way beyond me!
I've never been to Mumbai :(
And with the recent political scene of chasing out non-Maharashtrians from the city, not too sure I'm in a hurry to visit.
Gently decaying is nice- but most of them look like they'll crumple in any day. Although, there are some on MG Road here in Bangalore that are well-maintained, the best of which is a 96-year old beauty that now houses the recently-opened Hard Rock Cafe.
The idea of a 96 year old building housing the Hard Rock Cafe is pretty funny, Utsav.
Most of us hard rock fans are pushing 96.
I think I'll be able to afford sleeping rough in Primrose Alley, unless the local coppers move me on.
Amber makes me weak in the knees.
I want to live in the lighthouse.
Istvanski: You're a Londoner! You can afford the whole damned town!
Kate: Amber who?
Lighthouses are cool but there are lots and lots and lots of stairs.
I want to live in a gorgeous white mansion and have a ball room overlooking the sea.
My house overlooks a busy street.
Sigh.
What a lovely part of the world Dive!!! I can see myself in the Georgine-flint having tea and cucumber sandwiches as I watched the spume rolling in!!!!
Maria: So do I !!!!!!
Sigh …
And rack up another "spume" point for Jules.
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