Unique lighthouse transformed into 7-bed home with its own hot tub is up for sale – & has even featured on hit BBC show
A BIZARRE seven-bedroom home that once stood as a lighthouse is now up for grabs.
The unique property, which beckons buyers with the promise of its very own hot tub, has even featured on a hit BBC show.
West Usk lighthouse used to protect ships harbouring in the Severn estuary, near Newport, Wales, and now offers potential homeowners breathtaking sea views.
When you’re not looking out onto open waters, there are sandy beaches, salt marshes and coastal mudflats teeming with a variety of wildlife.
The Gwent Levels area, a site of special scientific interest, was first inhabited the monks of Tintern Abbey and Goldcliff Prior in the middle ages.
West Usk lighthouse itself is a Grade II listed building die to “special interest for its highly unusual plan form”.
House hunters may be intrigued to learn about the lighthouse’s rich history, dating all the way back to 1821.
It was designed by James Walker, who was a consultant engineer at the time.
Ben Batchelor and John Williams of Newport built the 17 metre tall property, which at the time is understood to have consisted of just the tower.
Meanwhile, documents show the lighthouse was extended in 1867.
The interior layout originally consisted of wedge shaped rooms around the central spiral staircase.
There were two symmetrical quarters, built for two lighthouse keepers and their families.
It stopped being used in 1922 and was sold for £670, before laying abandoned until the 1960s when it was renovated.
But, within two decades it was left by the wayside once again.
In 1987, new owners took on the building and transformed it into a modern home.
With help from CADW and the Welsh Tourist Board they even managed to salvage the original lantern room.
The former lighthouse was then used as a B&B, and a wedding venue.
It even appeared in the BBC Cymru Wales series of Doctor Who, in an episode called Fugitive of the Judoon.
Actress Jodie Whittaker, who portrayed The Doctor, filmed inside the lighthouse and even climbed the tower.
And, it featured on the BBC’s My Unique B&B.
The lighthouse is now once again a private home up for sale.
It boasts a luxurious roof terrace below the lantern room which offers 360 panoramic views of the surrounding sea and landscapes.
These stunning vistas can be enjoyed from the hot tub out on the deck.
There’s also a garden, on which sits another property called the Lightkeeper’s Lodge.
And, this has it’s own superking size bed, kitchenette and ensuite.
Within the main lighthouse building there are seven bedrooms sprawled out across two floors, excluding a living room and dining room.
There’s more than enough land to use for weddings and a car park, on the 14,520 square foot property.
The lighthouse is now on the market with the JNS property investment company, which states the sale includes the lighthouse, the lodge, a lifeboat, three static caravans and a dalek oddly enough.
It has a price tag of £2,250,000 and has the potential to make up to £454,000 in rental income per year according to the company.