Opening up a 1900s house on the English coast
Kingsdown House is a substantial Victorian home that sits in the shade of a mature oak a few roads back from the seafront in Tankerton, Kent. The home was built by a Dutch shipping magnate in the early 1900s and now belongs to the Wise family – Dan, Jodie and their three school-age children, Cameron, Edie and George.
A suburb of Whitstable, Tankerton has become increasingly popular with families moving out of London (or “DFLs”– Down From London – as they are known locally). “We used to live in Blackheath,” explains Jodie. “Whitstable was only a 50-minute drive from there, so on sunny days, when Cameron was little, we would often come here for the day.”
