The metal beams and glass ceiling reveal the unimaginable historical past of the house (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
A luxurious condominium that sits inside a transformed Grade-11 listed constructing that used to accommodate Victorian municipal baths is up on the market at £1,050,000.
Sitting inside the Balmoral Quay constructing on the seafront of Penarth, Wales, the property actually is certainly one of a sort.
The constructing initially served as a spot for public bathing, standing within the city for the very best a part of a century.
The baths were initially created in 1885 for a cost of £7,500, with two swimming pools pumping out salt water from underneath the pier.
They closed within the Eighties, and the constructing was became a pub restaurant, then, in 2005, was transformed into 4 separate properties.
This condominium on the market is a type of 4 properties – and it’s beautiful.
It nonetheless maintains lots of unique options, together with the brickwork and home windows of the unique baths, in addition to metal beams and a glass lantern roof for the ceiling.
The constructing was crafted again in 1885 (Image: Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
But it surely’s been given fairly the inside improve to take the flat to luxurious and fashionable requirements.
Let’s begin on the floor flooring entrance hallway, which introduces us to tiled heated flooring that’s by way of the home.
Take the steps and also you’ll discover the mezzanine gymnasium space, with a balcony overlooking the spa.
After serving as public baths for a very good a part of a century, the house was shut down and became a pub and restaurant (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images
Then in 2005, the constructing was transformed into 4 completely different properties, together with this condominium (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images
That spa sits on the bottom flooring, however has views of that wonderful glass lantern ceiling we talked about. It additionally has a Jacuzzi, a sauna, a steam room, a bathe space, and a rest room.
The flat has been superbly renovated (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
And sure, it has its personal spa (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images (Credit: Gareth Blunt)
Full with a sauna, naturally (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
The spa is joined by a gymnasium house, so that you’d actually by no means want to go away the condominium (© Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
There are three bedrooms in whole, full with lovely uncovered brickwork and wooden floors, and two loos.
There are three bedrooms and two loos (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
Check out that uncovered brick work (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
Dibs on this room (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
Then there’s the principle residing space, which has the unique arched home windows and extra uncovered brick work partitions, in addition to a log burner and stairs main as much as an higher mezzanine stage.
In the identical house sits a kitchen with all the flamboyant home equipment you can ask for, together with a Mielle washer, a dishwasher, a espresso machine, and a Liebherr wine chiller.
Right here’s the kitchen, full with a wine chiller (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
Spot the unique arched home windows (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
The primary residing space (icture: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
Go up the steps and also you’ll attain the lounge house on the mezzanine stage. That is at the moment used as a house workplace, which we predict is a good shout.
Location-wise, the condominium gives a beachfront location, with the pier proper on the doorstep and Penarth city centre a brief stroll away.
There’s a further lounge house on the mezzanine stage, which works as a terrific residence workplace (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
If you happen to’re the character stroll kind, you’ll just like the native cliff prime walks alongside the shoreline.
The property is now being bought by way of Martin & Co, Cardiff & Merthyr Tydfil, by way of OnTheMarket, with an asking value of £1,050,000.
Vikki Bennett, spokesperson for OnTheMarket, mentioned: ‘This wonderful conversion is definitely certainly one of a sort.
‘We love how so many unique options have been retained and are tastefully blended into the trendy design of the renovation work.
It truly is a really particular place (Image: © Gareth Blunt / South Wales Property Images)
‘You possibly can see a lot historical past – the archways within the brickwork in addition to the detailed patterned work within the ceiling give a flavour of how the property will need to have regarded throughout its former life.’
Henry Mitchell, Director at Martin & Co Cardiff & Merthyr Tydfil mentioned: ‘This condominium is exclusive with its historical past of being a Victorian municipal baths conversion.
‘The built-in-spa and unique brickwork and home windows ensures the property is in step with the historical past of the constructing however it nonetheless maintains a contemporary design. The open plan residing, and huge home windows, herald lots of mild, which actually opens up the house.’
If you happen to’re eager to place in a proposal or discover out extra, you are able to do so through the OnTheMarket website. Invite us to the housewarming if you find yourself shopping for it, please.
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